TIRANA, May 27/ATA/ “Madama Butterfly” by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa premiered on Sunday evening at the Opera and Ballet House in Tirana.
“Madama Butterfly” came as a production of the “Festival Pucciniano di Torre del Lago”, in cooperation with the Italian Institute of Culture. The opera of the Italian composer Puccini, put on the stage of the Tirana Opera House by the famous Director Manu Lalli, describes the pain of the loss of a woman betrayed in love and abused, as well as the destruction done to nature by man.
On the night of the premiere, the guest of honor to this production, the well-known soprano Anna Pirozzi, performed the role of Cio Cio San. Besides, on the first night Klodjan Kaçani went on stage in the role of Pinkerton, Ivana Hoxha as Suzuki, Armando Likaj as Sharpless, Simona Karafili as Kate Pinkerton.
Puccini’s opera will also be performed tonight, May 28, 30 and June 1. /p.s. /
