MADAME BUTTERFLY
Cincinnati Opera
July 22-29
Music Hall Springer Auditorium [Over-the-Rhine]
Cincinnati Opera presents Puccini’s heartrending tragedy Madame Butterfly from a bold new point of view. In this groundbreaking new production created by an all-Japanese and Japanese American creative team, Butterfly’s story is transported to a fantastical modern-day realm where reality and dreams intersect. Enter the world of naval officer B.F. Pinkerton, who treats Japan as his playground. He’s taken a nearly thousand-year lease on a house and will marry a young girl named Cio-Cio-San, known as Madame Butterfly. But is it merely a fantasy? For Butterfly, vows are not to be taken lightly. As Pinkerton’s intentions are revealed, Butterfly’s dreams become a tragedy of limitless depths with no going back. Sung in Italian with projected English translations.
- Sat, July 22 at 7:30pm
- Thu, July 27 at 7:30pm
- Sat, July 29 at 7:30pm
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