Jaho will perform in the Madama Butterfly once again on Saturday April 5, before she is replaced by local soprano Marjana Leka in two other performances scheduled for April 7 and 9.
TIRANA, April 3 – International renowned Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho performed on Wednesday at the Opera House in Tirana making her comeback in a much awaited concert after a seven-year absence. Jaho performed in a sold-out concert one of her favourite pieces, the title role of Cio-Cio San in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” She returned to the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Tirana after shining in the lead roles of Manon Lesacat at the Royal Opera House in London and as Mathilde in Rossini’s “Guillame Tell” in Brussels in early 2014.
Jaho will perform in the Madama Butterfly once again on Saturday April 5, before she is replaced by local soprano Marjana Leka in two other performances scheduled for April 7 and 9.
“I have always considered the role of Madama Butterfly connected to Albanian women in general because to me, the role of Cio-Cio San, is the embodiment of a woman’s spirit because of loving like a teenage, hoping like a child and self-sacrificing like a prophet. And I can tell you these are extraordinary great virtues which I strongly feel or everyone of us feels in Albanian women, and our mothers for the sacrifices they have made,” said Jaho.
Born in Albania, Soprano Ermonela Jaho was hailed as a “revelation” by the French musical press after her debut as Violetta in La Traviata at L’Opera de Marseille in December of 2005 and has since gone on to debut at major theaters internationally.
