National Space Centre Enrichment Trip 2017
Key Stage 2 will be part of an exciting day as the 20 year Cassini Mission comes to a very dramatic end on 15/09/2017 and we will be at the Space Centre with all the press!!!
Space Centre Cassini Mission website
Interview: Madama Butterfly - The Story
Watch the BBC Four interview, introduced by Antonio Pappano, on why Madama Butterfly is so appealing.
Madama Butterfly - Creating An Opera Geisha
Visit the Madama Butterfly dressing room with Costume Design Coordinator Melanie Burgess, Hair & Makeup Designer Joyce Degenfelder, and Lead Hair & Makeup Artist Shelby Rogers as they take you thru the process of getting a "geisha" ready for the stage. Puccini's serene "Humming Chorus" helps set the scene.
Madama Butterfly -Love duet- K.Opolais, J.Valenti - Royal Opera House
Live from Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY with fantastic cast: James Valenti as Pinkerton and Kristine Opolais as Cio-Cio-San. Young soprano Kristine Opolais (replacing Patricia Racette) was fabulous Cio-Cio-San with real and true emotions, she is real actress and I am not afraid to compare her with such Puccini interpreters - stars as Renata Scotto, Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi, Angela Gheorghiu.