Kaori Sato has sung the title role in "Madame Butterfly" in more than 10 different productions. She isn't sick of it, but notes dryly that it's the part she's most often offered. "This year, I'm ...

The Boston Grand Opera and Pavlowa Ballet came to Spokane’s Auditorium Theater, and, according to reviewer Hannah Hinsdale, all of Spokane society was there. “The women were mostly in long evening ...

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 ...

Los Angeles Opera came into being in 1986 with a stellar production of Verdi’s “Otello.” It was a historic occasion at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The next evening the company presented Puccini’s ...

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 ...

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