Madama Butterfly

Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

Friday, November 15 | 8 PM
Sunday, November 17 | 2 PM

Cio-Cio-San, a young Japanese girl, known as Butterfly, learns to trust and love an American naval officer, the reckless, pleasure-seeking B.F. Pinkerton. But when Pinkerton’s intentions are finally revealed, Butterfly’s dreams are destroyed in ways of no return.

Concept and creation 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

Gain insights and context about this production at our pre-show Awakenings event on October 29, 2024


Artists

Conductor

Francesco Milioto

Mo Zhou
Production by

Mo Zhou

revival director

Adam Da Ros

Madama Butterfly

Sachie Ueshima

Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton

Adam Diegel

Suzuki

Kristen Choi

Sharpless

Grant Youngblood

Goro

Zhengyi Bai

prince yamadori/yakuside

Ryan Henry

sandford studio artist
The Bonze

Joshua Thomas

sandford studio artist
Imperial Commissioner

TBA

Kate Pinkerton

Danielle Casós

sandford studio artist
Official Registrar

TBA