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Recent San Francisco productions of David Henry Hwang’s 'M. Butterfly' and Puccini’s 'Madama Butterfly' have reignited discussion over Orientalism, racial stereotypes, and the enduring allure of ...

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Mo Zhou’s introduction to Madama Butterfly was a bit jarring. Twenty years ago, she was an 18-year-old who had just arrived in Brunswick, Maine from China to attend school. She was walking down the ...

Were it not for a simple twist of fate, Eric Taylor might be reconstructing jaws instead of belting arias. The 30-year-old Utah native had long had his sights set on being an oral maxillofacial ...

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 ...

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BroadwayWorld chats with Japanese-American soprano Emily Michiko Jensen about making her debut in the title role of 'Madama Butterfly' at Opera San Jose November 16th to 30th.