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 ...

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 ...

The opera world has more than its share of people who cling to the past, and their main complaint is: Great voices and great singing no longer exist. They need to hear Ana Maria Martinez in Giacomo ...

@SL_body_copy_ragged:On Saturday, the high-definition broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera will be Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." The performance will be shown at noon at the Town Plaza Cinema ...

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"Madame Butterfly" is one of the best-loved operas of all time. Its beautiful melodies, Japanese-inspired set design and tragic love story about a geisha and an American Naval officer make it popular ...

When I left the Arkansas Repertory Theatre Sunday afternoon after Opera in the Rock’s production of “Madama Butterfly,” the voice of Francesca Mondanaro — the soprano singing the role of the titular ...

Just when it seemed the San Francisco Opera season was winding down, the company has introduced a “Madama Butterfly” that absolutely knocks it out of the park. The reason is Lianna Haroutounian, whose ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Dallas Opera returns to presenting fully staged works after an almost two-year ...

Ah, “Madama Butterfly,” Puccini’s classic operatic tale about a Japanese geisha and an American Navy lieutenant who meet in Nagasaki and fall in love as they sing to each other –– in Italian. It is a ...

As a Japanese-American stage director of operas, Matthew Ozawa wasn’t a fan of “Madama Butterfly.” “It was a piece that I’ve always had prejudices against,” Ozawa says. “I do think it’s a phenomenal ...