Opera Ballet Vlaanderen has just announced a cast change with Irish soprano Celine Byrne replacing Elena Guseva in the role of Cio-Cio-San. Puccini’s Madama Butterfly will be on the bill at the Antwerp Opera from 8 September and then at the Ghent Opera from 4 October 2024, in a production by Mariano Pensotti conducted by Daniela Candillari. Belgian-Albanian Ana Naqe completes the cast, alternating in the role of Cio-Cio-San, with Ovidiu Purcel and Łukasz Załęski as Pinkerton, young Belgian mezzo-soprano Lotte Verstaen as Suzuki and Vincenzo Neri as Sharpless.
 
 
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Celine Byrne © Kip Carroll