Giacomo Puccini’s
verismo opera
Madama Butterfly
in a dramatic adaptation
by Gary Race
entitled
The Tragedy
of
Madame Butterfly
 

As its first fully staged production since the pandemic, Center Stage Opera will mount the powerful Puccini favorite  Madama Butterfly in a powerful adaptation entitled The Tragedy of Madame Butterfly. Created by Gary Race and Helen Gregory, the team strove to pare Puccini's opera, full of Japanese ambiance, down to it's essential and very compelling drama. The result is a telling of the opera which is perhaps even more powerful than Puccini's original.

The opera is sung in Italian and  features exceptional singers from the Mid-Atlantic Region.

Cast

• Cio-Cio-San  - Maria Pappas
• Suzuki - Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber, Terry Shirey
• Pinkerton - Konrad Fritz, Brenten Megee, John Villemaire
• Sharpless - Thad Shirey, Gregory Stuart
• Sorrow - Julia Angeles, Milana Dinis, Canon Radler

Dates & Locations

• Ambler Church of the Brethren
  351 East Butler Ave.
  Ambler, PA 19002
  

  Friday, Oct. 28 - 7:30 pm
  [OCTOBER 29 - cancelled due to illness]
  

• 1867 Sanctuary
  101 Scotch Rd
  Ewing, NJ 08628
  
  Sunday, Oct 30 - 3 pm
  
  Tickets: Adults $25 Students $10
  Tickets available at the door - no credit cards.

• West Shore Theatre
  317 Bridge St
  New Cumberland, PA 17070
  

  Saturday, Nov.4 - 7:30 pm
  Tickets: Adults $25 Students $10
  Tickets available at the door or ahead of time - credit cards accepted. Contact box office @ 717-759-5464
  

• Surflight Theater
  Bay & Engelside Aves.
  Beach Haven, NJ 08008
  
  Saturday, Nov 19 - 7:30 pm
  Tickets available online  or contact box office
  @ 609-492-9477