Calling Puccini’s 1904 opera Madame Butterfly problematic would be an understatement. The wildly popular Italian opera takes place in Japan when a 15-year-old Japanese girl, Cio-Cio-San (aka ...

Turandot Aria: In Questa Reggia (Within This Place); Opera: Madame Butterfly Aria: Un Bel Di, Vedremo (One Fine Day He’ll Come); Opera: Madame Butterfly Aria: Vogliamenti Bene (Love Me, Please); Opera ...

Un bel di is the aria we are listening for ... My companion was relatively new to opera and enjoyed this performance immensely. Madama Butterfly is an easily approachable production that engages ...

opera, for inspiration. Puccini's Madame Butterfly proves a Fatal Attraction for Michael Douglas, Bernard Herrmann writes his own aria for Citizen Kane, and the Habanera from Bizet's Carmen gives ...

Puccini’s 1904 opera Madama Butterfly – the sixth-most-performed in the world – is often criticized for its Western stereotypes of Eastern cultures. Even the most sensitive modern ...

Puccini's much loved opera, Madama Butterfly, graces the magnificent harbour-top stage for Opera On Sydney Harbour. Performed by Opera Australia. Watch all your favourite ABC programs on ABC iview.