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 ...

American soprano Emily Michiko Jensen about making her debut in the title role of 'Madama Butterfly' at Opera San Jose ...

Cio Cio San, the heroine of "Madame Butterfly," is one of the most beloved characters of the performing arts world, thanks partly to the rapturous Giacomo Puccini score through which her story unfolds ...

Approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes including one 20-minute intermission. Is it true love or just a fantasy? The achingly beautiful score and heartbreaking tragedy at the core of Puccini’s ...

So why do audiences keep returning to Madama Butterfly? The answer lies in the music and the singing. The pacing risks becoming dramatically tedious, but Puccini’s score remains sumptuous and ...

Hui He (CQ) (center) performs in a rehearsal of Dallas Opera's "Madame Butterfly" at Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Texas, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (Allison Slomowitz/ Special Contributor)(Special ...

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 ...

Detroit Opera re-imagines “Madame Butterfly” with an Asian American creative team. We’re taking viewers behind the scenes of Detroit Opera’s re-envisioned production of “Madame Butterfly.” Led by an ...

It’s not often that you hear two singers sharing an opera’s leading-tenor role in the same evening. On Saturday, the opening night of Seattle Opera’s “Madame Butterfly” had a bit of extra drama: two ...

One of the fascinating aspects of Inland Northwest Opera’s “Madame Butterfly,” at Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox on Friday and Sunday, is that the set is made of paper. Stage director Fenlon Lamb, ...

Madame Butterfly, presented here by the Serbian National Theatre, is considered a masterpiece and is among the world’s most-performed operas. Credit: WIkimedia Commons / Serbian National Theatre.jpg ...