I love Puccini Butterfly Thompson Stilwell Amsterdam
In all of opera, "Butterfly" may be the purest classical tragedy: Just one set; no extraneous characters or sub-plots (Puccini trashed them all after the disastrous first production); a central character whose doom is clear and certain before she even appears onstage .
Robert Wilson's controversial staging cuts right to the core of this identity. It feels more like "Medea" in an ancient amphitheater than a night at the Met. And in this case, less truly is more. By stripping away the "reality" of traditional staging, Wilson lets us hear the sublime music and listen to the libretto, with all its rich ironies, as we never have before.
But, Wilson has also has a clear, specific dramatic point of view. Butterfly is presented as a very strong character, not the victim we sometimes see. At the end, she is in total control, and Wilson's staging of her death makes it clear that she is also killing the possibility of any love, ever, between her son and the hapless Pinkerton. (Again, much more Medea than Mimi.)
No, this probably isn't the right "Butterfly" for one's introduction to the opera. But for someone looking for new insights, it's fabulous.
The music al performances are all first-rate. The DTS sound track is stunning, And the widescreen video is the only "Butterfly" DVD I've seen that can hold its own on a good home theater system.
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