Columns linked to Madama Butterfly - Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona (2019)

The Three Butterfly by Lianna Haroutounian

Xavier Pujol

Tradition states that Puccini is the operatic composer who better expressed the complexities of the feminine soul. Feminism might have something to say about this and might not agree much. What is true, however, is that the Puccinian female characters have a musical depth and theatrical density far greater than the masculine ones, who often tend to be more schematic and stereotypical. The dramatic weight difference between the feminine and the masculine characters, which starts...