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 ...

This is a difficult opera to stage now, and director Matthew Ozawa has found an effective solution. And audiences still hear every note of Puccini’s beloved 1904 score.

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 ...

Opera Philadelphia closes its current season with a new production of Puccini’s beloved “Madame Butterfly,” an opera that illuminates and ultimately transcends harmful stereotypes, empowering the ...

The lines were ridiculous, and I was ready to laugh at them. But I didn't, or didn't much, and no one else did either. Song, all fluttering modesty, breathes to Gallimard of her "small, frightened ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago is reimagining Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" this spring as a reality video game, where the player assumes the role of Pinkerton, recasting the character as someone lost in ...

The Lyric Opera of Chicago unveiled the lineup for its 2025-2026 season Tuesday, featuring a blend of tradition and modern musical concerts. The new season includes both "Madama Butterfly" and a ...

Pacific Opera Project’s (POP) acclaimed bilingual production of Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” has returned, showing at the Aratani Theatre, located at the Japanese American Cultural and ...

What do Norfolk and Nagasaki have in common? Both are historic ports, of course, that likely have had their share of macho mariners loving and leaving hapless residents behind. Let all self-styled ...

Opera San José is presenting Puccini’s Madama Butterfly from November 16–30, 2025, at the California Theatre. Check out photos of the production. Part of the company’s 42nd season, the production will ...

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