Watch Hyona Kim, SeokJong Baek, and Andrzej Filończyk, as Suzuki, Pinkerton, and Sharpless, sing an excerpt from the Act III trio from the Met Opera's production of Madama Butterfly. The title ...
Madama Butterfly (Italian pronunciation: [maˈdaːma ˈbatterflai]; Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
The title character of Madama Butterfly —a young Japanese geisha who clings to the belief that her arrangement with a visiting American naval officer is a loving and permanent marriage—is one of the defining roles in opera.
Madama Butterfly, opera in three acts (originally two acts) by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa) that premiered at La Scala opera house in Milan on . The work is one of the most frequently performed of all operas.
The heartbreaking Madama Butterfly returns to Opera Colorado next May. Learn about the plot and characters of this gorgeous opera in our blog.
A guide to Giacomo Puccini's endlessly moving Madama Butterfly, including Synopsis, Music & Arias, Fun Facts, Running Time and much more!
Meet Cio-Cio-San — known as Madama Butterfly — a faithful but doomed geisha in love with B.F. Pinkerton. Everyone but Butterfly knows the Navy lieutenant will break her heart and ruin her life.
Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini is an opera set in early 20th-century Nagasaki, Japan. A young geisha, who, although not meant to, falls in love with an American naval officer with devastating consequences.