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A flock of Butterflies: Japanese opera singer will only sing role of Madame this year

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 ...
Los Angeles Times

L.A. Opera gives ‘Madame Butterfly’ a classic Hollywood angle, for better and worse

Cio-Cio-San, a.k.a. Madame Butterfly, first won hearts in an 1898 short story by an American lawyer, then in a Broadway play two years later before becoming immortal thanks to Puccini’s 1904 Italian ...
BroadwayWorld

Opera San José to Present Puccini’s MADAMA BUTTERFLY At The California Theatre

Opera San José continues its 42nd season—centered on the theme “What Is Love?”—with Puccini’s tragic masterpiece Madama ...
SFGate

Best Bets: San Francisco Opera Summer Season Opens With 'Madame Butterfly' And 'Die Frau Ohne Schatten'

San Francisco Opera embarks upon its summer season this weekend, beginning with a production of Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" that opens Saturday night at War Memorial. But far less well-traversed ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Here’s how a Utah production of the problematic ‘Madame Butterfly’ will be different

Utah Opera plans a 2025 staging of Giacomo Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly” — historically a controversial work because of its stereotyped depictions of Japanese women — with a twist: It has a production ...