Madama Butterfly designer and renowned artist Jun Kaneko speaks to art students at Madison West High School
Koto player Satoko Someya performs in the Overture Center lobby before the opera against a backdrop of butterflies created by local children for the
Community Butterfly Drive
Lobby at intermission
Post-opera party and reception; General Director Allan Naplan calls up the cast
Mezzo-soprano Jamie Van Eyck (
Kate Pinkerton), mezzo-soprano Heather Johnson (
Suzuki), Maestro Leonardo Vordoni, pianist Yasuko Oura, and Maestro Vordoni's wife, mezzo-soprano
Joyce DiDonato, at the post-opera reception
Madison Opera administrative staff at the reception
Maria Kanyova as Cio-Cio-San. (Credit: Jamie Young)
A crowd gathers to watch the koto player Satoko Someya before Sunday's performance of Madama Butterfly.
The crowds turned up at the box-office on Sunday, including many students, who made up 12% of the weekend's audience.
After the performance was "A Taste of Puccini" on the Capitol Theater stage, a celebration of our opening weekend, Puccini's 150th birthday, and our guest of honor Dr. James F. Crow.
Happy Birthday, Giacomo!
Roth Judd, President of the Board of Trustees, welcomes guests to "A Taste of Puccini" (in Japanese and Italian).
Madama Butterfly designer and renowned artist Jun Kaneko speaks to art students at Madison West High School
Koto player Satoko Someya performs in the Overture Center lobby before the opera against a backdrop of butterflies created by local children for the Community Butterfly Drive
Lobby at intermission
Post-opera party and reception; General Director Allan Naplan calls up the cast
Mezzo-soprano Jamie Van Eyck (Kate Pinkerton), mezzo-soprano Heather Johnson (Suzuki), Maestro Leonardo Vordoni, pianist Yasuko Oura, and Maestro Vordoni's wife, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, at the post-opera reception
Madison Opera administrative staff at the reception
