Music by Puccini | Libretto by Illica & Giacosa
November 16-30, 2025
Sung in Italian with English and Spanish supertitles
Set in early 20th-century Japan, Puccini’s opera classic Madama Butterfly tells the tragic story of young geisha Cio-Cio-San, who sacrifices everything for the love of an American naval officer, only to face heartbreaking betrayal. Puccini’s soaring music captures the young woman’s hopes and despair as she agonizingly waits for the return of her feckless lover. Directed by 2024-25 OSJ resident stage director Michelle Ainna Cuizon and conducted by Joseph Marcheso, this emotionally charged opera features César Delgado as the unfaithful officer Pinkerton and Emily Jensen in her OSJ debut as Cio-Cio-San.