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MADAMA BUTTERFLY |
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PRESS |
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Februray 9, 2011 Town Topics, "Opera New Jersey Warms Up the Winter With Puccini’s 'Madama Butterfly'" |
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"Opera New Jersey, long known in the Princeton area for its summer series, has in the past few years added a winter production in collaboration with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJS0). This year’s joint production, presented last Friday night in McCarter Theatre’s Matthews Theatre, treated the nearly full house to a very entertaining evening of wonderful singers telling an emotional and poignant story."
Read the article [towntopics.com] |
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February 8, 2011 The Star-Ledger; “‘Butterfly’ is still a lovely sight” |
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“Puccini’s classic story of a young geisha who marries a cavalier American naval officer may be one of the most beloved in all of opera—but it is still a challenging venture, especially with the young singers that Opera New Jersey admirably promotes … The title character, who waits years with her son for the man she has married in a union he considers insignificant, has to seem strong and honorable in her devotion, even as she is helpless. And the setting, which is as colorful and sensuous as the music, calls for a magnificent spectacle. Given these conditions, the company made clever choices. And in her American debut, soprano Inna Los displayed a rare talent."
Read the article [nj.com] |
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February 2, 2011 US1; "Madame Butterfly: Killing Me Softly with His Song" |
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“‘Madame Butterfly’ consistently occupies a spot as one of the five most popular operas. Giacomo Puccini’s heart-wrenching story of a Japanese girl betrayed by an American naval officer makes audiences weep. People who like their operas astringent give their subscription tickets away to soft-hearted friends when this Puccini’s on the program. In an ongoing multi-year partnership, Opera New Jersey and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra present a co-production of ‘Butterfly,’ Friday, February 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Princeton’s McCarter Theater, and Friday, February 11, at 8 p.m., at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.”
Read the article [princetoninfo.com] |
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January 21, 2011 The New York Times; "Opera and Orchestra Team Up on Butterfly" |
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Tammy La Gorce previews the NJSO and Opera New Jersey's joint production of Madama Butterfly in Princeton and Newark in February. NJPAC collaborates on the Newark performance.
Read the article [nytimes.com]
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UPCOMING CONCERTS |
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ARABIAN NIGHTS
February 25–27
Nights of adventure and intrigue await as Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade and Nielsen’s Aladdin Suite weave a spell with vivid orchestral color. Ranjbaran’s exciting music, based on an 11th-century Persian epic poem, fuses ancient and modern sounds. |
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AN ITALIAN EXCURSION
March 11–13
The melodic verve and fleet pacing of Italian opera energized classical and early Romantic composers. That spirit can be heard in Mozart’s tuneful works for violin and orchestra, in Schubert’s Italian overture and in Mendelssohn’s Fourth Symphony, brimming with Italianate warmth and wit. |
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BEST OF SPANISH FLAIR
March 17-20
This sizzling program reveals the soul of Iberia. Romantic selections from Bizet’s Carmen and Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez offer a view from the Old World. Latin-American rhythms pulse through Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, Copland’s El Salón México and Falla’s Three-Cornered Hat. |
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