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 ...

Cio-Cio-San, a.k.a. Madame Butterfly, first won hearts in an 1898 short story by an American lawyer, then in a Broadway play two years later before becoming immortal thanks to Puccini’s 1904 Italian ...

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 ...

Is there any more tuneful “star turn” in opera than Cio-Cio-San’s entrance in Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly? Besotted with American naval officer Pinkerton, on shore leave in Nagasaki, the young ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Asmik Grigorian, a star singer abroad, made her Metropolitan Opera debut by lending lyricism, complexity and spontaneity to a classic ...

Love, loss and honor are central themes in Giacomo Puccini’s "Madama Butterfly" — an opera taking to the stage in San Diego once again. “So this is one of Puccini's greatest operas,” said General ...

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 ...

Karah Son in a scene from in L.A. Opera's production of "Madame Butterfly" at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Cio-Cio-San, a.k.a. Madame Butterfly, first won hearts ...