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AUSTIN OPERA PRESENTS:

MADAME BUTTERFLY

APRIL 25 - 27, 2025 | DELL HALL

The mesmerizing beauty and heart-rending tragedy of Giacomo Puccini’s poignant Madame Butterfly returns to Austin Opera in April 2025.

In one of opera’s most heartbreaking stories, the young geisha Cio-Cio-San, affectionately known as “Butterfly,” is seduced by the dashing U.S. Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton. After a hasty wedding separating Cio-Cio-San from her family, Pinkerton abandons her to return to America. Cio-Cio-San raises their son with the help of her maid Suzuki and never loses faith in her true love, but when Pinkerton’s ship finally returns to the harbor three years later, her faith is replaced by devastating despair.

Heroic Cio-Cio-San is sung by soprano Raquel González (last seen at Austin Opera as Micaëla in Carmen in 2024), while tenor Joseph Dennis (last seen at Austin Opera as Nikolaus Sprink in Silent Night in 2019) takes on the role of Pinkerton. The US Consul Sharpless is sung by lauded dramatic baritone Malcolm Mackenzie, and Butterfly’s only friend and confidante, Suzuki, is sung by mezzo-soprano Kristen Choi, both making their company debuts in celebrated roles for these artists. Seen in 2023 as Beppe in Pagliacci, GRAMMY-nominated tenor Rodell Rosel returns as the scheming marriage broker Goro, and returning for his third straight Austin Opera season, after performances in both Fidelio and The Pearl Fishers, is bass Hidenori Inoue.

Conducted by Sarah and Ernest Butler Music Director Timothy Myers and directed by E. Loren Meeker, Opera San Antonio’s General Director, this stunning and traditional production of Madame Butterfly is a groundbreaking partnership between Austin Opera and Opera San Antonio. Opening in San Antonio on April 17, 2024, the collaborative production harnessing the artistic resources of both companies then moves to Austin for three performances beginning on April 25.

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Event Details

• Date: Friday, April 25, 2025 - Sunday, April 27, 2025
• Time: Friday and Saturday at 7:30 P.M. | Sunday at 2:00 P.M.
• Venue: Dell Hall at The Long Center For Performing Arts
• Website: https://austinopera.org/opera/madame-butterfly/

Ticket Information

• Cost: Single tickets for the 2024-2025 Season will go on sale Thursday, September 5, 2024

Presenter Details

• Name: Austin Opera

Austin Opera leverages the multidisciplinary, collaborative, and transcendent power of opera to increase the quality of life for our diverse community by:

• • Bringing together local and national artists to create outstanding, meaningful operatic performances and experiences
  • Partnering with local schools and community groups to provide robust, responsive educational programs that inspire and engage
  • Leading the development of new, innovative strategies that increase the scope and impact of the operatic medium in Austin and beyond

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