Madame Butterfly

A 15-year-old Japanese girl devotes herself to her absent American husband—only to discover, after years of waiting, that he married another woman while abroad. "Karah Son sings Cio-Cio-San with a pure sound of rounded beauty, which is, by turn, caressing and thrilling, achieving searing power in climactic notes with never a hint of stridency." -The Sydney Herald. Special pre-show chat and refreshments with Cole Thomason-Redus, Educational Content Curator for SF Opera's department of Diversity, Equity and Community, that delves into the beauty, controversy, and historical context of this opera that is often heralded as a piece of grand opera, and criticized as representing the appropriation, assimilation, and simplification of Asian cultures. NO/NO attendees received SWAG bags.