British director Harry Fehr balances the Orientalism of Act One by leaning into the American stereotypes of Act Two. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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 ...

Maryland Opera’s eighth season will present Madama Butterfly, Puccini’s masterpiece of devotion and betrayal, on Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. at the Church of the ...

LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Opera opens its 2024-25 season Sept. 21 with Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” reimagined in a film studio and said Saturday it will present the company premiere of ...

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 ...

The stereotypes inherent in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly”—a story built around the white imperialist male fantasy of the submissive Asian woman—have become increasingly problematic in recent years, ...

A psychological examination of love's extremities in Singapore Lyric Opera's Madama Butterfly, directed by Harry Fehr. Read ...

This image released by LA Opera shows Karah Son as Cio-Cio-San, left, and Jonathan Tetelma as Pinkerton during a performance of Mario Gras's "Madama Butterfly" at Teatro Real in Madrid, which will be ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The Los Angeles Opera opens its 2024-25 ...