Madame Butterfly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E387c5RAhK4&feature=related

 
I actually enjoyed this representation of Madame Butterfly. I thought it was an interesting choice to portray the significance of this opera in a version that included dolls. This version was realisitic enough that you could still clearly understand what was happening. I liked how Madame Butterfly kept the music player with her while her husband was gone to give her comfort. The music closely narrated how Madame Butterfly was feeling throughout the story during the happy times and the sad times. We heard happy music when she was making love to her fiance and sad music when her love returned with another woman and ripped their son out of Madame Butterly's hands and took him away. We then see how she falls into depression and how her life soon starts to fall apart.

In class we have watched a series of other Operas two of my favorites were:



La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi:
This opera was about a female names Violetta who was a prostitue. She soon falls in love with Alfredo and at the same time he falls in love with her. She lets her love's father convince her that she needs to leave Alfredo alone and face the fact that she is a prostitue, and will never be able to stay with just one man.
 
Don Giovanni by Mozart:
In this opera we saw how Don Giovanni is sexually tempted by multiple women, and how he gets satisfaction from "conquering" these women. When he becomes tempted by Donna Ana, he kills her father (the mayor/the commandant) when he tries to stop Don from seeing his daughter Donna. The message we recieve in this opera is to never repent for things you have done in your life (even though the outcome may have consequences).