Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/28/2025
7:30 pm - 10:15 pm
Location
Benedum Center
Categories
In this groundbreaking new production created by an all Japanese and Japanese American creative team, the “Madama Butterfly” story is transported to a fantastical realm where reality and dreams intersect.
The original 1904 opera was written by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924; pictured). The story centers on a Japanese girl named Cio-Cio-San (also known as “Butterfly”) who naively weds visiting American sailor Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton. After he leaves Japan, the young Butterfly waits for Pinkerton’s return. And waits. And waits. When they finally reunite, he brings her devastating news.
Pinkerton puts on a virtual reality headset and transports us into a vibrant playground where he has ultimate control. As his avatar, a U.S. Navy Lieutenant, he can seduce and marry his fantasy girl and abandon her just as easily. But to Cio-Cio San, this is no game and the love and betrayal she feels is all too real.
Presented by the Pittsburgh Opera, the eighth oldest company in the United States.
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