Opera Australia: Madama Butterfly

Cheryl Barker, Jay Hunter Morris, Douglas McNicol and Ingrid Silveus star in this Opera Australia production of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," featuring the Australian Opera Chorus and Ballet Orchestra and directed by Moffatt Oxenbould. In a classic romantic plot, a U.S. Navy lieutenant falls in love with a Japanese geisha and marries her despite her family's objections. But will he break her heart by choosing to return to America without her?