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Puccini's Madame Butterfly is one of the most beloved operas of all time, so it would be difficult for any one of its many great tunes to outstrip the opera itself. But one of its arias comes close.

MOBILE, Alabama—The two productions in Mobile Opera's 2013-2014 season are set in The Land of the Rising Sun. But the country of Japan is all they have in common. Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," ...

An excerpt from Act 3 of Tristan und Isolde, starring Nina Stemme and Stuart Skelton.

Patricia Racette performed the role of Cio-Cio-San in the 2009 Met production of Puccini’s tragic love story opera, Madama Butterfly. Racette sings the heartbreaking aria of hope, “Un bel dì vedremo,” ...

Vocally, at least, this was a respectable evening, occasionally a little more than that. Korean soprano Karah Son can fill high-lying phrases with impassioned vibrancy, so that even when stagewise she ...

San Francisco Opera's 2023 Summer Season opens June 3 with Giacomo Puccini's Madame Butterfly (Madama Butterfly) at the War Memorial Opera House. Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim leads the ...