17, 22, 24, 28 Feb 2007

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD; Box Office: 020 7304 4000
Tickets: up to £170. Please call the Box office.

22, 28 February at 19.30; 17 February at 12.30; 24 February at 19.00.

The radiant arrival of the young Japanese bride Cio-Cio-San for her wedding is one of the most beautifully evocative passages that Puccini ever composed; and, when set in the richly romantic sets and costumes of this production, the effect is glorious. Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s staging creates a ravishing vision of the 19th-century European image of Japan , a perfect foil for Puccini’s exotic and ever-popular music.

After successful stints in Europe, and especially in France , where she played at the Opera Bastille, Toulon , and Limoges , the mezzo-soprano