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Apr 26, 2024 · Philadelphia, PA 19102. Run Time: Approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes. Intermission: One 20-minute intermission. All artists, programs, and prices subject to change. Need help with tickets? Call: 215-893-1999. Karen Chia-ling Ho and Anthony Ciaramitaro bring Puccini's achingly beautiful score to life as the young geisha Cio-Cio-San and U.S ...
Apr 30, 2024 · What, When, Where. Madame Butterfly. Music by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa; directed by Ethan Heard and conducted by Corrado Rovaris. $25-$285. Through May 5, 2024, at the Academy of Music, 240 S Broad Street, Philadelphia. (215) 732-8400 or operaphila.org.
Apr 29, 2024 · Madame Butterfly (1904) by Giacomo Puccini and librettists Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on the eponymous play by David Belasco, tells the tragic story of a 15-year-old Geisha, Cio Cio San, known by her friends as Butterfly. She has fallen in love with and decided to cast her fate with Lt. Pinkerton of the US Navy at the turn of the ...
Apr 28, 2024 · Opera Philadelphia's 2023-2024 Season is brought to you by the Artistry Now Matching Fund and Barbara Augusta Teichert. Maestro Corrado Rovaris' engagement as the Jack Mulroney Music Director has been made possible by Mrs. John P. Mulroney. Support for this production of Madame Butterfly has been provided by Ellen Steiner.
Apr 30, 2024 · Opera Philadelphia’s new staging of MADAME BUTTERFLY. Photo by Sofia Negron. Clever, brave Opera Philadelphia. In our era of identity politics, where the merest whiff of cultural appropriation can sink a production, the company has smartly sidestepped the obvious danger in their newest show, Puccini’s Madame Butterfly; with so many opportunities to put a political foot wrong, the opera is ...
May 3, 2024 · For Opera Philadelphia, whose reputation for innovation and cultural awareness is a hallmark, surely it was especially important. After some reshuffling of the originally announced creative team, the group that emerged—led by director Ethan Heard and production designer Yuki Izumihara—delivered an intriguing mix of conceptual ideas that ...
Apr 25, 2024 · Opera Philadelphia has tapped Costanzo to replace David Devan, the longtime general director who will step down on June 1. Board member David Ferguson, who chaired the selection committee, said Costanzo is well suited to lead Opera Philadelphia. Anthony Roth Costanzo stands on the stage at the Academy of Music.
