Take a deep dive into the music and story of Puccini's Madame Butterfly during Conductor Cues. This engaging and exploratory event is hosted by our Sarah & Ernest Butler Music Director Timothy Myers featuring special guest stars, live performances, and insights into Madame Butterfly.
The mesmerizing beauty and heart-rending tragedy of Giacomo Puccini’s poignant Madame Butterfly returns to Austin Opera in April. In one of opera’s most heartbreaking stories, the young geisha Cio-Cio-San (Raquel Gonzalez), affectionately known as “Butterfly,” is seduced by the dashing U.S. Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton (Joseph Dennis). After a hasty wedding separating Cio-Cio-San from her family, […]
Saturday, April 26th at 5:30 p.m. Join fellow opera lovers Saturday evening for the Jeanette Nassour Pre-Opera Dinner celebrating Carmen in the Kodosky Lounge. This elegant three-course meal is hosted by Austin Opera. Black-tie attire welcome!
The mesmerizing beauty and heart-rending tragedy of Giacomo Puccini’s poignant Madame Butterfly returns to Austin Opera in April. In one of opera’s most heartbreaking stories, the young geisha Cio-Cio-San (Raquel Gonzalez), affectionately known as “Butterfly,” is seduced by the dashing U.S. Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton (Joseph Dennis). After a hasty wedding separating Cio-Cio-San from her family, […]
The mesmerizing beauty and heart-rending tragedy of Giacomo Puccini’s poignant Madame Butterfly returns to Austin Opera in April. In one of opera’s most heartbreaking stories, the young geisha Cio-Cio-San (Raquel Gonzalez), affectionately known as “Butterfly,” is seduced by the dashing U.S. Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton (Joseph Dennis). After a hasty wedding separating Cio-Cio-San from her family, […]