The biggest shock of them all was "Madama Butterfly" by Giacomo Puccini; music so beautiful it has me in tears every time I listen to it. The opera is about an American sailor stationed in Japan who ...

NEWBURYPORT — Continuing its series of radio broadcasts from the New York Metropolitan Opera is Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 30.

Featured Artists in 'Madame Butterfly'Soprano Xiu Wei Sun and tenor Arturo Chacon Cruz star in the Washington National Opera's production of Madame Butterfly, with Placido Domingo conducting.

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 ...

Reimagining ‘Madame Butterfly,’ With Asian Creators at the Helm As opera houses rework Puccini’s classic, criticized for stereotypes about women and Japanese culture, artists of Asian ...

The audience watched the story of “Madame Butterfly,” the tragic tale of a young Japanese geisha, Cio-Cio-San, who marries an American naval officer in the 1930s.