Madam Butterfly – Slide 17
‘L’Opéra de Québec struck a winning blow with this production.’
Madam Butterfly – Slide 16
‘Doesn’t the production reveal the arrogance of this almighty American, who takes the world as his playground, who neither respects nor is interested in other people, and who carelessly sows suffering and death wherever he goes?’
Madam Butterfly – Slide 15
‘Sharpless appears almost as a ghost, costumed in dazzling white. Does not this recall the colour of death and mourning in oriental culture?’
Madam Butterfly – Slide 14
‘Guy Lessard, as Prince Yamadori, is a totally convincing character.’
Madam Butterfly – Slide 13
‘Madam Butterfly with stronger political overtones.’
Madam Butterfly – Slide 12
‘Director/designer John Pascoe allows the drama to emerge in a series of tableaux of great beauty; nothing needs adjusting.’
Madam Butterfly – Slide 11
‘The actors were extremely well directed by John Pascoe.’
Madam Butterfly – Slide 10
‘Opéra de Québec struck a winning blow with this first production of the season.The sold-out audience was charged with enthusiasm. How can you resist success, especially when it is the result of the collaboration of all concerned?’
Madam Butterfly – Slide 09
‘Lyn Fortin’s extraordinarily expressive acting as Butterfly was so convincing that she easily made us believe in the innocence of her fifteen-year-old protagonist’.
Madam Butterfly – Slide 08
‘The sets (again by John Pascoe) are very Zen: sober, unornamented, elegant, effective.’