This is a difficult opera to stage now, and director Matthew Ozawa has found an effective solution. And audiences still hear every note of Puccini’s beloved 1904 score.

What do Norfolk and Nagasaki have in common? Both are historic ports, of course, that likely have had their share of macho mariners loving and leaving hapless residents behind. Let all self-styled ...

Madama Butterfly” is one of the most frequently performed of all operas with gorgeous music that enraptures listeners. It is a masterpiece that survived a 1904 opening which flopped, and ...

There’s a moment during the San Francisco Playhouse production of David Henry Hwang’s “M. Butterfly” when the fetching Peking Opera performer Song Liling (a man dressed as a woman) half turns to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dean Linnard as Rene Gallimard, left, and Edric Young as Song Liling in San Francisco Playhouse's "M. Butterfly." (Jessica ...

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Tickets are on sale for Opera Louisiane's production of Giacomo Puccini's grand opera, "Madama Butterfly" at 7 p.m. April 11 in the Raising Canes River Center Performing Arts Theater, 240 St. Louis St ...

San Francisco Playhouse will present the Tony Award-winning "M. Butterfly", written by David Henry Hwang ("Chinglish", "Yellow Face", "Soft Power", and operas "The ...