Crystal
Glenn
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Description
Inspiration for the musical Miss Saigon, this is one of the most popular operas ever written.
For a young American sailor on assignment in Nagasaki, Japan, it was just a passing, exotic love affair. But the young local girl fell deeply in love. For her, it was a lifetime commitment, a real marriage. It was also a ticket to a new life, offering an escape from the rigid society which had shamed her father and impoverished her family.
Then he leaves. Against all logic, Madame Butterfly waits for his return, sure that he will take her away to a new life in America. For three years, she refuses all help and turns away all her wealthy and ardent suitors.
Then the sailor boy returns, but he is not alone. Join us to find out the news that he has brought, and to learn Madame Butterfly’s heartbreaking answer.
This is the big event of the season for YOUR opera company, a full-scale professional production with large orchestra, chorus, gorgeous costumes, beautiful set and world-class singers. English supertitles above the stage let you easily follow this moving story.
Only two performances:
November 7 (7:30pm) & 9 (3:00pm)
Crystal Glenn
Kate Pinkerton
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John Kun Park
B.F. Pinkerton
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Chris Alfonso
Goro
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AddieRose Brown
Suzuki
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Biography
Soprano and New York native, Crystal Glenn, is an alumnus of Manhattan School of Music where she received a M.M in Opera Performance and Westminster Choir College of Rider University where she received a B.M in Vocal Performance. Ms. Glenn is currently a Tyler Resident Young Artist with Opera on the James in Lynchburg, VA and will be making her role debut as Kate Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. Most recently, she has appeared in leading roles with Taconic Opera as Zerbinetta from Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos and Blonde from Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail.
Other operatic highlights include: Soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with Princeton Pro Musica, Julie (cover) in Rhiannon Giddens’ & Michael Abels’ Pulitzer Prize winning opera, Omar, with Carolina Performing Arts and the Spoleto Festival USA, Lauretta from Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Oscar from Un ballo in maschera with Taconic Opera, Despina and Pamina from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Così fan tutte, respectively, with New York Opera Conservatory in Westchester County, NY.