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Opera

Hits you where it hurts: Welsh National Opera's Madam Butterfly reviewed

9 October 2021

9:00 AM

9 October 2021

9:00 AM

Madam Butterfly

Wales Millennium Centre, and touring in rep until 14 May 2022

The Midsummer Marriage

Royal Festival Hall

‘It’s generally agreed that in contemporary practice, this opera proposes significant ethical and cultural problems,’ says the director Lindy Hume in the programme book for her new production of Madam Butterfly, and if you’ve just shelled out 75 quid in the expectation of attractive scenery and luscious tunes, that’s you told.

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