Few characters in opera are as iconic as the teenage geisha at the weeping heart of Giacomo Puccini’s "Madama Butterfly." The story of Cio-Cio-San (pronounced Cho-Cho-San), a naïve but determined ...

As the Dallas Symphony Orchestra will celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2025–26, Grammy-winning conductor Fabio Luisi – now in his sixth season as Louise W. & Edmund J. Kahn Music Director – helms ...

Kaori Sato does a star turn in "Madama Butterfly," Fargo-Moorhead Opera's first production of the season, with a performance built on a strong, commanding voice and small, graceful gestures. And David ...

Florentine Opera's new production of "Madama Butterfly" makes it possible to enjoy the beauty of Puccini's music without cringing at the staging. By shifting the story, set in Nagasaki, Japan, from ...

Clémentine Margaine and Michael Fabiano in Bizet’s “Carmen.” Photo: Nina Wurtzel / Met Opera Carrie Cracknell’s “American border town” Carmen looked as ill-conceived as it did when it premiered on New ...

Is there any opera in the rep sadder than Giacomo Puccini’s achingly radiant Madama Butterfly (1904)? You could opt for his Boheme, perhaps, with its poor Parisians scrambling for rent and love, ...