Director Mo Zhou reframes Puccini's famous "Madama Butterfly" to tamp down racial and cultural stereotypes, give characters ...

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 birthday ...

There’s a singular simplicity in Madama Butterfly that draws in audiences year after year, decade by decade like moths to a flame: a man loves and leaves a woman; she gives up everything for him. With ...

It’s a sign of great works that they reveal new ideas on repeated viewings — often, a new insight with each new performance. At a time of unsettling conflicts in Israel and Ukraine, West Bay Opera’s ...

The last time American soprano Corinne Winters sang with San Diego Opera in 2017, she played the dying courtesan Violetta in Verdi’s in “La traviata.” Now she’s back as the doomed heroine Cio-Cio San ...