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When considering the characteristics of opera, it naturally follows that the genre would be difficult to film. Not so for Mitterrand with his Madame Butterfly; from casting to direction to filming, Mitterrand wins. The title role must do far more than “spy Asian,” she must also live the role…even more so when being filmed as “Butterfly.” Ying Huang proves herself a sensitive and sensible actress as well as a singer with an expressive and remarkable state. Richard Troxell as “B. F. Pinkerton” shines in his role, allowing the callousness of his character clash with an accidental care for. Troxell uses the flexibility of the film medium to act as many opera singers seem unable to do upon finding themselves on a stage. In fact, the power of this video lies in the fact that the singers realize that they have the opportunity to be better actors than they could be in a staged version of the same work. There are retakes, more natural positions, radiant scenery, and an astonishing acoustic, even when outdoors! All in all,it is a elegant work by Frederic Mitterand, Huang, Troxell, Cowan (”Sharpless”), Liang (”Suzuki”), and the rest. None of the roles had less than an accomplished actor and singer; even the role of “Kate Pinkerton” played by Constance Hauman was rendered with a magnificent hand aware of a conflicting plot and an involuntary hostility. Delicious for the everyday opera viewer as a original, delicate feast for the stare and ear, and a friendly film for the opera newcomer.
Martin Scorsese’s cinematography is utterly unparralleled in his filming of the lovely Puccini opera “Madame Butterfly”. It is with a reserved caution that I say it surpasses any staged version of the opera I have ever seen! I say that cautiously so as not to offend those die-hard traditionalists, myself having been one. Scorsese transports us to an authentic Japan and his photography captures all of the intricate details and beauty for the setting of one of the worlds most radiant stories. The film is so valid that one is truly moved to tears by the raze and emotionally overwhelmed. The mixed cast of both Asian and Western singers makes it even more beliebable. Soprano Ying Huang sings and acts delicately the fragile geisha who will wed the American lieutenant Pinkerton, sung by American Richard Troxell. Both are aptly cast in the film and compliment one another. Ying Huang plays the child-like Butterfly accurately as the composer would have intended. Troxell is exquisite, charming and plays well the role of a not so nice character, leading Butterfly to maintain he will one day return to Japan and grasp her assist to America. He’s so charming, in fact, that at times one feels he may have a change of heart along the arrangement. From the beginning of the film with the torii standing in the Nagasaki harbor through the duration of the film, powerful in the leased 100 year paper and wood house built for Butterfly, one experiences many visual nuances. Scorsese can even film the softness of a pace blowing at sundown through the house, captured by flowers engaging in the dimming sunlight in a vase. The only fault I can glean with the film, and it’s worthy enough to detract from the overall experience, is the very unrealistic Bonze flying down from the sky at the kill of the wedding ceremony. It looked somewhat foolish, considering the rest was unprecedented. Of the many filmed scenes, one that was effectively done was at the ruin of the opera, where Scorsese created a unpleasant thunderstorm around the time Butterfly committed hara-kari and unprejudiced at the time Kate and Sharpless pulled up in a carriage in the pouring rain to have Suzuki push the child out of the house and picked up by the Americans to be returned with his father to the States. Lastly, the cowardly Pinkerton runs into the house hoping to once more gape Butterfly, but rather finds her dreary on the floor. Scorsese captures the intense awkwardness and ambivalence of this moment that closes the film. In my review, I’ve talked miniature about the music or the voices. Puccini’s music was sung convincingly by the cast and particularly Ying Huang and Richard Troxell, who both had immense acting ability as well. But the good essence of this production was the filming and Scorsese’s ability to grasp so many glowing moments through the exercise of cinema. Please do yourself a favor and view this aesthetic opera, but rather on film as an alternate to the stage. Highly highly recommended!
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