Madama Butterfly: “Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio”

Aleksandra Kurzak and Elizabeth DeShong sing an excerpt from Cio-Cio-San and Suzuki’s Act II duet in the final dress rehearsal. Production: Anthony Minghella. Conductor: Xian Zhang. 2023-24 season.

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Luxury casting with this Suzuki

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very much so

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Ależ to jest pięknie zaśpiewane ❤

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Japanese ladies don't wear zori (sandals) in the room.

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It's an Italian opera I'm sure they took some license with the staging.

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They are not in the room in this scene. They were out picking flowers

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According to the libretto,
Suzuki is in the garden and Butterfly is in the room.
They scatter flowers in the room.
Madama Butterfly: Libretto - Stanford University
[signs to Suzuki to go into the garden]
[to Suzuki]
Fetch the flow'rs!

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@@marimarihosp3035 since when these days the staging ever adheres to the libretto? did you not see the T&I set in the Paris subway?

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1:17 Chocho-san and Suzuki "seiza / sit properly" on the floor without taking off their sandals. People in Japan don't do that. And the sleeves of her kimono are too long for a maid.　Kimono with furisode (long sleeves) is formal attire for a young unmarried woman.