Just as Butterfly is trapped with little agency in this opera, we as Asian Americans have been trapped by many of the ...

This is a difficult opera to stage now, and director Matthew Ozawa has found an effective solution. And audiences still hear ...

Matthew Ozawa uses lavish spectacle and heartfelt performances while exploring Puccini's orientalism through VR in this Lyric ...

Florentine Opera's new production of "Madama Butterfly" makes it possible to enjoy the beauty of Puccini's music without cringing at the staging. By shifting the story, set in Nagasaki, Japan, from ...

Madama Butterfly” is one of the most frequently performed of all operas with gorgeous music that enraptures listeners. It is ...

Ever since I saw "Madama Butterfly" for the first time at the Lyric in 8th grade, I've had problems with the Puccini opera.

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 ...

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 ...