Madama Butterfly

When an American naval vessel docks in Nagasaki, what ensues is a clash of cultures…and hearts. Puccini paints a delicate balance of East and West in one of opera’s most powerful experiences, Madama Butterfly. Authentic Japanese folk melodies spice the score’s melodic and harmonic palette, yet Butterfly remains a full-throated, heart-on-the-sleeve Italian opera. Heart-wrenching and exotic, Butterfly will bring on the tears and send you home humming its unforgettable melodies.

Abandoned by her faithless American husband, a Japanese geisha is driven to desperate measures when he returns to claim what she loves more than life itself. In acclaimed director Mark Lamos’s visually stunning, dramatically compelling production.