Madama Butterfly
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Friday, November 15 | 8 PM
Sunday, November 17 | 2 PM
Just after WWII, a young Japanese girl named Cio-Cio-San, known as Madama Butterfly, is faced with the aftermath of trusting and marrying an American naval officer, the reckless, pleasure-seeking B.F. Pinkerton. As Pinkerton’s intentions are revealed, Butterfly’s dreams are destroyed in ways of no return.
Created by Mo Zhou.
Sung in Italian with English captions
Orchestra Sponsor – The Arthur J. and Mary Celeste Lerman Fund
The W.L. Lyons Brown Theatre
Pre-show Awakenings panel: October 29, 2024
Artists
![Francesco Milioto](https://kyopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Francesco-Miloto-Headshot-e1720024571294-1024x899.jpeg)
Conductor
Francesco Milioto
![Mo Zhou Mo Zhou](https://kyopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Zhou-Headshot-1024x1024.jpg)
Production by
Mo Zhou
![Mo Zhou](https://kyopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_6873-Edit-scaled-e1720024671389.jpg)
revival director
Adam Da Ros
![Taylor Raven](https://kyopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Sachie-Ueshima-Headshot-edited.jpg)
Madama Butterfly
Sachie Ueshima
![David Walton](https://kyopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Adam-Diegel-Headshot-1-edited.jpg)
Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton
Adam Diegel
![Hidenori Inoue](https://kyopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/K.-Choi-Headshot-edited.jpg)
Suzuki
Kristen Choi
![Avatar Placeholder](https://kyopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Youngblood-photo-edited-scaled.jpg)
Sharpless
Grant Youngblood
![Victoria Okafor](https://kyopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Zhengyi-Bai-edited.jpg)