This season’s Santa Fe Opera world premiere, “M. Butterfly” by Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang, is an absorbing new incarnation of Mr. Hwang’s 1988 hit play, which was drawn from the true story of a ...

Well, this is the loudest Madama Butterfly I’ve ever experienced. So I thought during much of the first act of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s semi-staged presentation Friday night, at the Meyerson ...

Kangmin Justin Kim as Song Liling in "M. Butterfly." (Curtis Brown for the Santa Fe Opera) When you see the title “M. Butterfly,” you might think it means Giacomo Puccini’s opera “Madame Butterfly.” ...

Countertenor Kangmin Justin Kim as Song Liling and baritone Mark Stone as René Gallimard in rehearsal for 'M. Butterfly' at the Santa Fe Opera. Curtis Brown for the Santa Fe Opera SANTA FE, N.M. — In ...

The New Orleans Opera Association puts the finishing touches on its 2022-23 season with a classic Puccini opera that comes with a bit of controversy — drama onstage and off. "Madame Butterfly" opens ...

When the Atlanta Opera last produced the infamous Puccini opera “Madama Butterfly,” executive and artistic director Tomer Zvulun was just getting a feel for his new city. Hired as the artistic boss in ...

Detroit Opera re-imagines “Madame Butterfly” with an Asian American creative team. We’re taking viewers behind the scenes of Detroit Opera’s re-envisioned production of “Madame Butterfly.” Led by an ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly was the first play composer Huang Ruo saw in America after arriving here in ...

Huang, who wrote the music for the operatic adaptation of David Henry Hwang’s play, says its exploration of race, gender and power still resonates today. By Javier C. Hernández The question from the ...

Were it not for a simple twist of fate, Eric Taylor might be reconstructing jaws instead of belting arias. The 30-year-old Utah native had long had his sights set on being an oral maxillofacial ...