When Mary Jane Phillips-Matz published her one-volume biography of Giuseppe Verdi in 1993, it stood several inches thick. It was a major scholarly achievement. Now she is back with a much slenderer ...

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The Dallas Opera is thrilled to present the block-buster of the season, Giacomo Puccini's heart-wrenching MADAME BUTTERFLY. With its poignant melodies, memorable characters, and intriguing storyline, ...

San Francisco Playhouse will present the Tony Award-winning M. Butterfly, written by David Henry Hwang. The drama reimagines ...

Madame Butterfly, presented here by the Serbian National Theatre, is considered a masterpiece and is among the world’s most-performed operas. Credit: WIkimedia Commons / Serbian National Theatre.jpg ...

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Deep love, betrayal and heartbreak. Giacomo Puccini’s tragic 1904 opera, “Madama Butterfly,” hits all three emotional notes. “’Madama Butterfly’ is one of the most moving human dramas that has ever ...

Well, this is the loudest Madama Butterfly I’ve ever experienced. So I thought during much of the first act of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s semi-staged presentation Friday night, at the Meyerson ...

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 ...

For the first time in 25 years, Giacomo Puccini’s grand opera “Madama Butterfly” will be staged in Baton Rouge. Opéra Louisiane will stage the performance Sunday, March 8, in the Baton Rouge River ...

It all began with audiences sitting on straw bales in a barn, and only after a purpose-built theatre came into being was there a small pit enabling something more than piano accompaniment for major ...