Madama Butterfly: An Overview of Puccini's Masterpiece

Don Dagenais of the Lyric Opera Guild previews the Lyric Opera of Kansas City production of Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY. The production will be performed at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts September 15 - 24, 2012.
Select your own seats online at kcopera.org
General Director and CEO: Deborah Sandler; Artistic Director: Ward Holmquist; Director: Mark Streshinsky; Cio-Cio San: Elizabeth Caballero; Pinkerton: Dinyar Vania; Sharpless: Weston Hurt

[@anna.sherman]

If you're trying to say America dragged a reluctant Japan out of medieval times then you haven't learned anything from this opera and you're just like Pinkerton. How could you miss the anti-colonial message of this beautiful story?

[@mishellcornell2160]

beautiful