This episode, we're headed back to the Opera with Shane Placentino! Shane sits down with us to discuss his role as Revival Director on Opera Australia's production of Madama Butterfly. Shane's extensive history in dance and working behind the scenes with Opera Australia has given him a mountain of knowledge to discuss the many facets of working in a director's role. Shane talks about the incident that led him away from the world of dance, what it's like working with one of the most in-demand tenor's in the business and the random circumstances that led him into the theatre industry itself. Don't forget you can listen to and watch our podcast episodes on our Youtube Channel! Be sure to subscribe to our podcast to get all of this month's juicy new episodes! TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE LATEST REVIEWS, NEWS AND EXCLUSIVES, SIGN UP TO OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER NOW. FOLLOW THE LINK HERE. Madama Butterfly Fluttering beauty, caught and pinned, yet beautiful still. Constrained, cocooned, caught in a moment of desire, Butterfly is incandescent. In her embrace, Pinkerton finds paradise, then cruelly condemns his bride to purgatory. Graeme Murphy’s arresting production of Madama Butterfly takes a contemporary look at Puccini’s alluring heroine using a towering digital set. Fragments of film flutter across the stage, creating a dynamic backdrop for Murphy’s vision of Butterfly. He draws on his roots in choreography to capture the grace and gravity of a story that begins in rapturous love and ends in the cruellest heartbreak. Puccini’s sublime music imbues this ageless story with impossible beauty, from the irrepressible famous aria ‘One fine day’ to the intense finale. South Korean soprano Sae Kyung Rim’s voice is in demand the world over and her Butterfly is richly nuanced. Diego Torre gives Pinkerton complexity and depth through his exemplary technique and timbre. Carlo Montanaro conducts. Tickets can be booked HERE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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