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 ...

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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 ...

Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, after the play by David Belasco. Premiere: Feb. 17, 1904, Teatro alla Scala, Milan. Presented in the Brescia version, premiered May 28, 1904.

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 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 ...

Madama Butterfly's silk kimono awaits in the LSU College of Music and Dramatic Arts' costume shop, but Teresa Perrotta has yet to try it on, much less think about it. She's been too busy rehearsing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Opéra Louisiane is bringing the classic opera “Madama Butterfly” to Baton Rouge on April 11 ...