Directed by Matthew Ozawa

Co-production with Cincinnati Opera, Detroit Opera, Utah Opera, and Pittsburg Opera

Assistant Director - Melanie Bacaling

Set Design - dots

Costume Design - Maiko Matsushima

Lighting Design - Yuki Nakase Link

Reorienting ‘Madama Butterfly’

Cincinnati Opera presents Puccini’s heartrending tragedy Madame Butterfly from a bold new point of view. In this groundbreaking new production created by an all-Japanese and Japanese American creative team, Butterfly’s story is transported to a fantastical modern-day realm where reality and dreams intersect. Enter the world of naval officer B.F. Pinkerton, who treats Japan as his playground. He’s taken a nearly thousand-year lease on a house and will marry a young girl named Cio-Cio-San, known as Madame Butterfly. But is it merely a fantasy? For Butterfly, vows are not to be taken lightly. As Pinkerton’s intentions are revealed, Butterfly’s dreams become a tragedy of limitless depths with no going back.