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.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Watch Asmik Grigorian sing an excerpt from Cio-Cio-San’s Act II aria in a stage ...

Soprano Asmik Grigorian stars as Cio-Cio-San in her Met Opera debut as the loyal geisha at the heart of Puccini’s devastating tragedy. Tenor Jonathan Tetelman stars the callous American naval officer ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Known for its many stirring melodies, including Cio-Cio-San's aria "Un bel dì" ...

Beloved and contentious: Madama Butterfly is both one of Puccini’s most revered works, but continues to raise questions about depictions of race, culture and gender in opera. Madame Butterfly is based ...

The Palm Beach Opera opened its 2023 mainstage season with a performance of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” on Friday at the Kravis Center. What was immediately clear in the first scene of the opera was ...

Cio-Cio-San, a.k.a. Madame Butterfly, first won hearts in an 1898 short story by an American lawyer, then in a Broadway play two years later before becoming immortal thanks to Puccini’s 1904 Italian ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Lake George Opera’s “Madama Butterfly” has it all — bring your hanky, because this production will bring you to your knees. Director Helena Binder has a history of winning ...

A man has a casual affair with a woman and then dumps her. The woman, now with child, longs for his return but is coldly rebuffed. Humiliated and left with nothing to live for, she kills herself with ...

This installment of '10 Pieces of Music That Can Change Your Life" will break your heart and make you fall in love with opera. A few years ago, the Metropolitan Opera presented Madama Butterfly on its ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Last night Opera Australia's much-loved production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly was wheeled out for its final season. Diego Torre and ...