This is a difficult opera to stage now, and director Matthew Ozawa has found an effective solution. And audiences still hear every note of Puccini’s beloved 1904 score.

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Florentine Opera's new production of "Madama Butterfly" makes it possible to enjoy the beauty of Puccini's music without cringing at the staging. By shifting the story, set in Nagasaki, Japan, from ...

Maryland Opera’s eighth season will present Madama Butterfly, Puccini’s masterpiece of devotion and betrayal. Puccini’s opera will be presented complete, fully staged and costumed at Church of the ...

There’s a moment during the San Francisco Playhouse production of David Henry Hwang’s “M. Butterfly” when the fetching Peking Opera performer Song Liling (a man dressed as a woman) half turns to the ...

Karah Son and Eric Taylor in "Madama Butterfly" at Pittsburgh Opera. This is WESA Arts, a weekly newsletter by Bill O'Driscoll providing in-depth reporting about the Pittsburgh area art scene. Sign up ...

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