Leading sopranos Hui He and Ana María Martínez share the heartbreaking title role of the doomed geisha, with tenors Piero Pretti and Andrea Carè as the American naval officer who abandons her.

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The future of “Madama Butterfly” at the Canadian Opera Company is — pun not intended — up in the air. Joshua Chong is a Toronto-based arts critic and culture reporter for the Star.

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 ...

A beloved version of that scale helmed the Met for more ... of Grand Opera, you see a lot of operas that are set in exotic locales," he said, citing "Aida" along with "Madama Butterfly," set ...

A spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Opera Team is proud to continue to present the Met: Live in HD [2023-24 ... season continues with Puccini’s Madama Butterfly on March 9, Puccini’s ...

Still feeling the impact of that devastating final chord in the opera, I believe devoutly that Madama Butterfly is the most moving of all works for the stage, that this is the best recording of it, ...

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.

when reproving her friends for addressing her as ''Madama Butterfly'' now that she is ''Madama F. B. Pinkerton'') and the occasional bending of Puccini's melodic line. It is finely sung, but in no ...