Cio-Cio-San
Now Playing Through July 1, 2023
Madame Butterfly
NEW SAN FRANCISCO OPERA CO-PRODUCTION
By Giacomo Puccini
Overview
Dates
June 3–July 1, 2023
Composer
Giacomo Puccini
Price
Starts at $31
Run Time
Approximately 2 hours 41 minutes including one intermission
Language
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Libretto
Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
NEW CO-PRODUCTION
Music Director Eun Sun Kim conducts a new staging of
Puccini’s heartbreaking drama from director Amon Miyamoto. Told through the eyes of Trouble, the son of Cio-Cio-San and Lt. B.F. Pinkerton, this unique production provides a new perspective on an age-old story.
Costume designs by late fashion icon Kenzō Takada adorn
a cast that stars Karah Son, Michael Fabiano, Hyona Kim,
Lucas Meachem, and Julius Ahn.
Pre-Opera Talk with Nick Ishimaru
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The Buzz
"Music Director Eun Sun Kim deployed her trademark combination of forceful clarity and rhythmic freedom to bring out the score’s irresistible surges and ebbs..."
- San Francisco Chronicle
"American tenor Michael Fabiano, always a welcome presence in War Memorial, brought his blazing tone and easy fluency to the role of Pinkerton."
- San Francisco Chronicle
"...baritone Lucas Meachem gave a superbly forward performance that made the character’s blend of virtue and moral weakness shine forth."
- San Francisco Chronicle
Synopsis
A 15-year-old Japanese girl devotes herself to her absent American husband—only to discover, after years of waiting, that he married another woman while abroad.
Cast
Creative Team
* San Francisco Opera Debut
Performances
June 3, 6, 9, 18, 21, 24, 27; July 1, 2023
New San Francisco Opera co-production with the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation, Semperoper Dresden, and Det Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen
Digital Exhibit
Kaleidoscope
Made Possible By
This production is made possible, in part, by Jerome L. and Thao N. Dodson; Margareta and Staffan Encrantz; Burgess and Elizabeth Jamieson; and Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem.