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

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.

Soprano Hui He plays the tragic title role with tenor Bruce Sledge as the naval officer who abandons her in Puccini’s classic masterpiece. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts Anthony Minghella’s sweeping ...

There is a spectre haunting Opera Australia and it is the spectre of growing irrelevance. Yesterday the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Opera Australia’s annual report for 2014 has posted an ...

When I was a young man discovering the world of opera many years ago, when you only heard music in person or on the radio or on records, I would first experience a work entirely by sound. I might have ...

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 ...

Did you know there was a real-life Madame Butterfly? In 1898, Luther Long, an American lawyer, published just such a story in Century Magazine, the tale of a geisha abandoned by a U.S. Naval officer ...

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 ...

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Robert Wilson's production of "Madama Butterfly" is an artwork in itself. Those looking to "Butterfly" for elaborate Japanese decor and atmosphere can be put off by the austere lines and long-held ...