Madame Butterfly at the Italian Institute of Culture

From 10 Jun 2009 to 12 Jun 2009

11 June 2009. Directed by Frederic Mitterand, this performance is the Italian Institute of Culture's operatic contribution to Nairobi and takes place in the institute's Michelangelo Hall. The cast is a mixture of Asian and western actors and includes Ying Huang, Richard Troxell, Ning Liang and Richard Cowan. Puccini's well loved opera is set in the Japanese city of Nagasaki and tells the moving story of a young geisha known as Butterfly who falls in love with Pinkerton, an American naval officer. Despite warnings against marrying him, Butterfly sacrifices everything for Pinkerton, with tragic results.

The institute's new premises was opened in 2003 and is situated in the heart Westlands, Nairobi's cultural quarter. The opera begins at 19.00

General Info

Address Italian Institute of Culture, Grenadier Tower - 5th floor, Woodvale Grove - Westlands (Opposite Jacaranda Hotel) P.O. Box 1572. 00606 Nairobi. Tel: (+254 20) 4451266 / 7

Website www.iicnairobi.esteri.it

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Madame Butterfly at the Italian Institute of Culture

Italian Institute of Culture, Grenadier Tower - 5th floor, Woodvale Grove - Westlands (Opposite Jacaranda Hotel) P.O. Box 1572. 00606 Nairobi. Tel: (+254 20) 4451266 / 7