With CioCioSan the young Japanese geisha at the heart of his Madama Butterfly Giacomo Puccini created one of the most commanding soprano roles in the operatic repertoire In this telecast from the ...

Still feeling the impact of that devastating final chord in the opera, I believe devoutly that Madama Butterfly is the most moving of all works for the stage, that this is the best recording of it, ...

Puccini’s 1904 opera Madama Butterfly – the sixth-most-performed in the world – is often criticized for its Western stereotypes of Eastern cultures. Even the most sensitive modern ...

With operas such as 'Tosca,' 'Madama Butterfly' and 'La Boheme,' Giacomo Puccini still dominates the repertoire of opera houses around the world 100 years after his death. The world of opera was ...

Based on a true story that stunned the world, and inspired by Giacomo Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly, M. Butterfly was an immediate sensation when it premiered in 1988. It opens in the cramped ...

I am always a big softie for Puccini’s music and there’s a lot to love about this production. My companion was relatively new to opera and enjoyed this performance immensely. Madama Butterfly ...

The future of “Madama Butterfly” at the Canadian Opera Company is — pun not intended — up in the air. Joshua Chong is a Toronto-based arts critic and culture reporter for the Star.

Read more The fifth of seven children, he was christened Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo ... third of this remarkable trilogy written by the same three men, Madama Butterfly. Puccini once ...

Giacomo Puccini was a musical genius and gave the world some of the most beautiful and memorable operas of the late 19th and early 20th centuries such as La Bohème, Madam Butterfly and Turandot. His ...

Puccini's much loved opera, Madama Butterfly, graces the magnificent harbour-top stage for Opera On Sydney Harbour. Performed by Opera Australia. Watch all your favourite ABC programs on ABC iview.