Performer: Melanie Bacaling

Santa FeMadama Butterfly

Stephen Costello (Pinkerton) and Karen Chia-Ling Ho (Cio-Cio-San) © Bronwen Sharp for the Santa Fe Opera

Santa Fe Opera, Aug 15, 20, 26, 29

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

John Fiore; Lee Blakeley; Santa Fe Opera; Jean-Marc Puissant; Brigitte Reiffenstuel; Rick Fisher; Santa Fe Opera Orchestra

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A less familiar Madama Butterfly presented at Santa Fe Opera

Thomas May, 08 Aug

Conductor John Fiore’s own performing version restores music and dramatic detail absent from the standard Madama Butterfly, with Karen Chia-Ling Ho a commanding Cio-Cio-San.

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