The Butterfly House at Clonter Opera Theatre, Swettenham Heath, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 2LR — production hero photograph

Clonter Opera Theatre, Swettenham Heath, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 2LR2024

The Butterfly House

The Production

Clonter Opera’s The Butterfly House was a 50th-anniversary commissioned new play about Giacomo Puccini, combining English dialogue with arias and duets sung in Italian from Tosca, Madame Butterfly, La Bohème, La Rondine, Gianni Schicchi and Turandot. Performed at Clonter Opera Theatre in July 2024 with piano and percussion, it offered a music-theatre portrait of Puccini’s life and loves.

45 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Geoffrey Dolton
Associate Director: Steve Elias
Musical Director: Philip Sunderland
Lighting Design: Steven Benson
Set & Costume Design: Jessica Staton
Commissioned by: Clonter Opera

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