A critic weighs San Francisco Playhouse's "M. Butterfly" against Pocket Opera's "Madame Butterfly," probing racism, desire and why Puccini still seduces.
Though it ends with a tragic death that mimics the searing ending of Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly ' - which is alluded to (and heard in bits) throughout - Taymor's plodding, sometimes fussy staging, ...
David Henry Hwang's modern classic, M. BUTTERFLY charts the scandalous romance between a married French diplomat and a mysterious Chinese opera singer - a remarkable love story of international ...