Upon arriving at the Emerson Colonial Theatre to watch “Madama Butterfly,” audiences are greeted with an unexpected sight: an older version of the titular character (Keiko Orrall) frosting a ...

When Japanese audiences encountered Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly”—a sumptuous Italianate treatment of a geisha’s doomed love for an American naval officer—they found it implausible ...

New to the “Madama Butterfly” production are tenor Taka Komagata as Goro, bass Paul Chwe Michul An as Bonze, bass Hisato Masuyama as the Official Registrar and mezzo-soprano Monica Isomura as ...

Dinyar Vania and Yunah Lee in a 2012 production of "Madama Butterfly" from Boston Lyric Opera. (Courtesy Eric Antoniou) How do we approach works of art that were written in a time when stereotypes ...

Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” is one of the most frequently performed operas in the world. While it is loved by audiences and remains an essential part of the traditional repertoire ...