Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season Huang Ruo’s M. Butterfly
Huang Ruo’s M. Butterfly
19:30
Fri 25 Oct 2024
Barbican Hall
A smash-hit Broadway play turned movie, David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly metamorphoses into music theatre as the UK premiere of Huang Ruo’s operatic reworking takes wing.
A smash-hit Broadway play turned movie, David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly metamorphoses into music theatre as the UK premiere of Huang Ruo’s operatic reworking takes wing.
A smash-hit Broadway play turned movie, David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly metamorphoses into music theatre as the UK premiere of Huang Ruo’s operatic reworking takes wing.
Love, betrayal, self-deception. The themes of M. Butterfly intertwine with those of Puccini’s achingly tragic opera; but here they’re ingeniously upended as the action is relocated to Paris and Mao’s China. Nothing is quite what it seems. Stereotypes are challenged, power struggles realigned.
Concert staging
This production contains nudity, graphic language, and a depiction of self-harm.
Co-produced by the Barbican and the Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra
