In most productions, Madame Butterfly is unabashedly atmospheric in its romanticism. "Orientalism" carries us back to composer Giacomo Puccini's time when the West imagined a fanciful Japan with geishas in pastel colors, a watery moon over stirring waters, a pinkish snow of cherry blossoms, and the like. Those of us who love this opera succumb willingly […] The post WNO presents a bold, modern Madame But…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:02PM on May 8, 2017