Madame Butterfly at Teatr Wielki - Opera Narodowa, Moniuszko Auditorium

A simple story of love that Mariusz Treli?ski elevates to the rank of myth. On the one hand, it’s a tale about love faithful until death, and on the other, about love betrayed and forsaken without deserving it. This iconic production eliminating literality and genre from Puccini’s music, bathed in blue and red, its ascetic movements reminiscent of
Japanese kabuki theatre, becomes the archetypical story of fidelity which, if broken, can result in suicidal death. The images that Mariusz Treli?ski and Boris Kudli?ka created first in their minds and then on the Warsaw stage have already made history – and not only of Polish opera. The Washington National Opera – at Placido Domingo’s
invitation, the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg – at Valery Gergiev’s invitation, the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, Palau de les Arts in Valencia... Almost 15 years since the Warsaw premiere, this production has lost none of its perfect beauty, and the power of emotion flowing from the combination of images and music still remains an
unforgettable experience worth repeating.