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 ...

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 ...

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Soprano Sandra Lopez and Brian Jagde in the Virginia Opera's 2011 production of 'Madama Butterfly.' Soprano Sandra Lopez — who is returning to South Florida in the Florida Grand Opera’s “Madama ...