(Madama Butterfly 蝶々夫人 in Japanese and English Aratani Theatre)

Content: So what if... what if a brash American naval officer and a young Japanese girl met and fell in love? How would they communicate? (Certainly not in Italian!) In POP’s most ambitious production to date, Artistic Director Josh Shaw’s long-time dream of a bilingual Madama Butterfly comes to life at The Aratani Theatre in Little Tokyo. With a new libretto by Josh Shaw and Eiki Isomura, all Japanese roles will be sung in Japanese and all American roles will be sung in English. This is a co-production with Opera in the Heights (Houston). This production is sponsored in part by an Innovations Grant from Opera America.

Countries:

Genres:

Music,

Drama,

History,

Romance,

War

Runtime:

188 minutes

Year:

2019

Directors:

Josh Shaw

Actors:

B.F. Pinkerton

Sharpless

Suzuki

Crews:

Conductor

Director