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Vienna (OTS) – With the premiere of Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” in an Anthony Minghella and Carolyn Choa production, the Vienna State Opera not only resumes its regular functions after the crown-related house closure, but also announces a new one. era: with Bogdan Roščić as the new director. ORF III will broadcast the start of the season live on Monday, September 7, 2020 at 8:15 pm as part of “Erlebnis Bühne LIVE”, integrated in a three-part approach.
At 7.45 pm, “Kultur heute” gets in the mood for the season opener with a special program. ORF III presenter Peter Fässlacher reports from the Haus am Ring in the run-up to the premiere of “Madama Butterfly,” welcoming the stars of the production and the new director of the State Opera, Bogdan Roščić, for a chat and a a look behind the scenes. At 8:15 pm, “Erlebnis Bühne LIVE” will broadcast the opening opera at the start of the season: Anthony Minghellas and Carolyn Choa’s spectacular production of Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Asmik Grigorian as Geisha Cio-Cio-San . Other roles include young tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Pinkerton, Boris Pinkhasovich as Sharpless, and Virginie Verrez as Suzuki. Musical director Philippe Jordan is the musical director. The production of “Madama Butterfly” is originally a co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, the English National Opera and the Lithuanian National Theater for Opera and Ballet. The evening closes with the documentation “Our Vienna State Opera” (10:45 pm) designed by Otto Schwarz, which recalls the resumption of operations of the Vienna State Opera after its total destruction in 1945 with eyewitness accounts.
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