Madama Butter­fly

PERFORMANCE SERIES CANCELED! >> More info To pass the time during his posting in Japan, the American marine lieutenant Pinkerton marries the geisha Cio-Cio-San. What is harmless fun for the soldier means true love for the young woman. Even when Pinkerton leaves her shortly after the wedding, Cio-Cio-San clings to the hope of a future together. And indeed, Pinkerton returns – with an American wife by his side… For a long time, Giacomo Puccini searched in vain for a subject that would stir his dramatic instincts following the success of his “Tosca”. He found it in David Belasco’s play “Madama Butterfly. A tragedy of Japan”, which he transformed in 1904 into a musical tragedy as moving as it is stirring.