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Opera San José will continue its 42nd season, devoted to exploring the question “what is love?,” with Puccini's tragic masterpiece Madama Butterfly. Set in early 20th-century Japan, this opera classic ...

The last time American soprano Corinne Winters sang with San Diego Opera in 2017, she played the dying courtesan Violetta in Verdi’s in “La traviata.” Now she’s back as the doomed heroine Cio-Cio San ...

Opera Colorado will present Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, directed by Mo Zhou, who reframes ...

"Madama Butterfly" premiered in 1904 and is one of the world's most popular and widely performed operas. The Boston Lyric Opera has reimagined the production for today’s audience, stage director Phil ...

Opera Orlando announces its 2026-27 season, which will include a celebratory centennial celebration of the American musical ...

What do Norfolk and Nagasaki have in common? Both are historic ports, of course, that likely have had their share of macho mariners loving and leaving hapless residents behind. Let all self-styled ...

BOSTON - In their season opener, Boston Lyric Opera is looking at "Madama Butterfly" with modern eyes. The production moves the time and setting of the tragic love story from the original 1904 ...

The title role of Madame Butterfly in Opera Philadelphia's production is represented by a puppet, voiced and manipulated by Karen Chia-ling Ho. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...

Phil Chan believes “Madama Butterfly” should be celebrated as a masterpiece. Chan also believes the 120-year-old Puccini opera should be reclaimed and reinvented by Asian and Asian-American artists.

Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" opens with Lieutenant Pinkerton of the American Navy is surveying the home he has just purchased for himself and his 15?year?old bride. Perched high atop a stony mountain ...

This season, Sarasota Opera welcomes a new Madama Butterfly to the stage: Raquel González. González, who grew up in Kansas, trained at Juilliard, and is currently based in Champaign, Illinois, and ...