Madama Butterfly 蝶々夫人 in Japanese and English Aratani Theatre

So what if what if a brash American naval officer and a young Japanese girl met and fell in love How would they communicate Certainly not in Italian In POPs most ambitious production to date Artistic Director Josh Shaws longtime dream of a bilingual Madama Butterfly comes to life at The Aratani Theatre in Little Tokyo With a new libretto by Josh Shaw and Eiki Isomura all Japanese roles will be sung in Japanese and all American roles will be sung in English This is a coproduction with Opera in the Heights Houston This production is sponsored in part by an Innovations Grant from Opera America