This is a difficult opera to stage now, and director Matthew Ozawa has found an effective solution. And audiences still hear every note of Puccini’s beloved 1904 score.

David Henry Hwang has returned to his Tony-winning play with a libretto for Huang Ruo’s new work. But can its story change with the times? By David Allen SANTA FE, N.M. — “M. Butterfly” has been a ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The immediate question raised by turning David Henry Hwang’s superb play M. Butterfly into an opera is whether ...

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.” ...

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 ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Executive Chair of the Art Triennial, Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang and her husband, Oscar ...

What do Norfolk and Nagasaki have in common? Both are historic ports, of course, that likely have had their share of macho mariners loving and leaving hapless residents behind. Let all self-styled ...

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 ...

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 ...

A series of musical compositions by composer and percussionist Susie Ibarra, 'Fragility Etudes' are studies into a world of sound that reflect humanity's interdependence and mutual existence alongside ...

There’s a moment during the San Francisco Playhouse production of David Henry Hwang’s “M. Butterfly” when the fetching Peking Opera performer Song Liling (a man dressed as a woman) half turns to the ...