A tale of an American military man seeking a temporary marriage with a 15-year-old Asian girl is highly unpalatable to a contemporary audience. For that reason Madama Butterfly can be one of the trickiest operas to realize today. It is to opera what The Taming of the Shrew is to theater. Times and values have changed. To add to the challenge of the work itself is the venue. This new production of Madama Butterfly is presented on floating outdoor stage on Sydney Harbor. On stage, a bamboo forest ...
A tale of an American military man seeking a temporary marriage with a 15-year-old Asian girl is highly unpalatable to a contemporary audience. For that reason Madama Butterfly can be one of the trickiest operas to realize today. It is to opera what The Taming of the Shrew is to theater. Times and values have changed. To add to the challenge of the work itself is the venue. This new production of Madama Butterfly is presented on floating outdoor stage on Sydney Harbor. On stage, a bamboo forest ...
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