Miami Lyric Opera Presents “Madama Butterfly”
Saturday, June 23 and Sunday, June 24, Sat. – 8PM and Sun. – 4PM
Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center
174 E. Flagler St.
Miami, FL 33131
www.gusmancenter.org

The classic “Madama Butterfly” is Puccini’s story of tradition, romance, yearning, and sacrifice and one of the world’s most beloved operas for over a century.
“Madama Butterfly” is timeless story of an opportunistic American Navy Officer who meets and weds a 15 year old young Geisha, converting her to Christianity and banishing her relatives from their lives. After a brief time the officer leaves Japan for America promising to return “when the robins nest again” – the Geisha gives birth to a child fathered by the American Officer. When he returns three years later with his “American Wife” tragedy envelops the Geisha as she defends her honor – making for an incredible aria and some of the most beloved music in the repertoire of modern Opera.

A Red Curtain Series event, sponsored in part by Friends of Gusman and the Knight Foundation