'Madame Butterfly' at Washington National Opera by Blouin Artinfo

Washington National Opera presents the production of Giacomo Puccini's 'Madame Butterfly', on stage through May 21, 2017.The sun rises on turn of the century Nagasaki, where dashing American naval officer Pinkerton has chosen delicate Cio-Cio-san to be his bride. A naïve young geisha on the verge of womanhood, the clearly smitten and fiercely loyal "Butterfly" dismisses warnings of the lieutenant's ulterior motive…

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