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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Song Liling (Edric Young, left) and Rene Gallimard (Dean Linnard) share a moment in San Francisco Playhouse's "M. Butterfly." ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago will present Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, on stage March 14 – April 12, 2026, in a production that dares to ask: what if everything we think we know about this classic opera is ...

BOSTON - In their season opener, Boston Lyric Opera is looking at "Madama Butterfly" with modern eyes. The production moves the time and setting of the tragic love story from the original 1904 ...

Opera Colorado will present Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, directed by Mo Zhou, who reframes ...

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 ...

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Helmed by a mostly Asian American creative team, BLO’s inventive new production begins in San Francisco’s glittering Chinatown circa 1941 Enter the Emerson Colonial Theatre for a performance of Boston ...

David Henry Hwang has returned to his Tony-winning play with a libretto for Huang Ruo’s new work. But can its story change with the times? By David Allen SANTA FE, N.M. — “M. Butterfly” has been a ...

The Butterfly Process, an emerging educational initiative, aims to address stereotypes in Puccini’s opera and beyond — with modern, multiracial audiences in mind The first time Melanie Bacaling saw ...