Organization

Stage director

Phil Chan

Choreographer

Michael Sakamoto

Historical Dramaturge

Arthur Dong

Karen Inouye

Ashlyn Aiko Nelson

Conductor

David Angus

Dramaturge

Nina Yoshida Nelsen

Set designer

Yu Shibagaki

Costume designer

Sara Ryung Clement

Lighting designer

Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew

Singer

Soprano

Karen Chia-Ling Ho

Cio-Cio-San

Mezzo-soprano

Alice Chung

Suzuki

Tenor

Dominick Chenes

B.F. Pinkerton

Baritone

Troy Cook

Sharpless

Rodell Rosel

Goro

Vera Savage

Kate Pinkerton

Makeup artist

Fuji Dreskin

Bass

Hyungjin Son

Uncle Bonze

Matthew Arnold

Prince Yamadori

Junhan Choi

The imperial commissioner

Silent

Neko Umphenour

Sorrow

The official registrar

Cassie Wang

Dancer

Azamat Asangul

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Madama Butterfly -  (Madame Butterfly)

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Emerson Colonial Theatre

Madama Butterfly Puccini

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Madame Butterfly

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Approved

A Conversation on Madama Butterfly
with Phil Chan and Nina Yoshida Nelsen

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Madama Butterfly
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

A new BLO production

Emerson Colonial Theatre
Thursday, September 14, 2023 | 7:30PM
Sunday, September 17, 2023 | 3PM
Friday, September 22, 2023 | 7:30PM
Sunday, September 24, 2023 | 3PM

Sung in Italian with English surtitles
Running time: 2 hours and 45 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission after act 1.

Amid Puccini’s lush and sweeping score, Madama Butterfly unfolds in 1940s America under the shadow of World War II. In a brand-new production from Boston Lyric Opera, wander through the nightlife of San Francisco on the eve of Pearl Harbor through the story of Butterfly, a nightclub performer contributing to the war effort, and Pinkerton, a young soldier, on the eve of his deployment. A culmination of BLO’s three-year exploration of authentic storytelling through The Butterfly Process, this production examines the experience of Japanese Americans during a critical moment in U.S. history.

Madama Butterfly: Butterfly in Boston

Amid Puccini’s lush and sweeping score, Madama Butterfly unfolds in 1940s America under the shadow of World War II. In a brand-new production from Boston Lyric Opera, wander through the nightlife of San Francisco on the eve of Pearl Harbor through the story of Butterfly, a nightclub performer contributing to the war effort, and Pinkerton, a young soldier, on the eve of his deployment. A culmination of BLO’s three-year exploration of authentic storytelling through The Butterfly Process, this production examines the experience of Japanese Americans during a critical moment in U.S. history.

Madame Butterfly by Puccini, From (2023/2023), Directed by Phil Chan,, Conductor David Angus, Emerson Colonial Theatre, Boston, United States

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