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25 Oct 2024, Barbican, London
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Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season Huang Ruo’s M. Butterfly

Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra
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.

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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.

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This production contains nudity, graphic language, and a depiction of self-harm.

Co-produced by the Barbican and the Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra