Dolore, the wooden prince
Anthony Minghella directs Madama Butterfly in New York (****½) [cinema]
This now nearly 20-year-old production that Anthony Minghella originally designed for the ENO is as gorgeous as ever. It has only one weakness and that is its recourse to puppeteers for the figure of Butterfly's infant son. That never worked and it doesn't work now. …
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