Is there any more tuneful “star turn” in opera than Cio-Cio-San’s entrance in Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly? Besotted with American naval officer Pinkerton, on shore leave in Nagasaki, the young ...

Puccini’s devastating tragedy about a young geisha who falls in love with an American naval officer. Madama Butterfly returns to The Royal Opera House Main Stage in March 2024. Cio-Cio-San, the young ...