The title role of Madame Butterfly in Opera Philadelphia's production is represented by a puppet, voiced and manipulated by Karen Chia-ling Ho. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...

For the first time in 25 years, Giacomo Puccini’s grand opera “Madama Butterfly” will be staged in Baton Rouge. Opéra Louisiane will stage the performance Sunday, March 8, in the Baton Rouge River ...

In David Henry Hwang’s prescient 1988 play “M. Butterfly,” the character of Song Liling, a beautiful Chinese opera singer and spy, deftly laid out the case against Giacomo Puccini’s 1904 opera, ...

Deep love, betrayal and heartbreak. Giacomo Puccini’s tragic 1904 opera, “Madama Butterfly,” hits all three emotional notes. “’Madama Butterfly’ is one of the most moving human dramas that has ever ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Puccini's 'Madame Butterfly' takes flight at the Academy of Music. "In the original production it's a Japanese girl," says Karen Chia-ling Ho, who plays Cio Cio San, the ...

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Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924). Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, Puccini’s librettists for Madama Butterfly, ...

MADAMA BUTTERFLY was never my favorite Puccini until the current production conceived by film director Anthony Minghella, his only one for the Met before his untimely death in 2008. Before, Butterfly ...

Kristine Opolais's Butterfly with son 'Sorrow' (Oliver Zetterström) and maid Suzuki (Enkelejda Shkosa) Even a single shadowy note held by two double basses can chill the blood as all illusions are ...

MOBILE, Alabama—The two productions in Mobile Opera's 2013-2014 season are set in The Land of the Rising Sun. But the country of Japan is all they have in common. Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," ...

Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and most comprehensive portraits of a woman in the history of opera—but also one of the most terrible, since it is a tale of humiliation and deceit which ...

From the first downbeat, Giacomo Puccini’s lush, unforgettable score for "Madame Butterfly" held my rapt attention. The strings in the orchestra sounded as one, and every color popped well before the ...