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Puccini: Madame Butterfly - New Production
Oct 22, 7 p.m. | Oct 24, 2 p.m. | Oct 30, 7:30 p.m. | Nov 2, 7:30 p.m. | Nov 5, 7:30 p.m.

"[Martinez] requires ranking among the top lyric sopranos of the day... [with] immaculate musicality underpinning every utterance." - Opera magazine (U.K.)

At her wedding  to Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton (Joseph Calleja) the Geisha, Cio-Cio-San (Ana María Martínez in a major role debut) promises to be his for life; just three years later, abandoned and on the verge of poverty, she and her young son wait with fierce hope for his return.  This visually stunning new production by the internationally acclaimed creative team of director Michael Grandage (Hamlet – Broadway 2009; Frost/Nixon – Broadway 2007), designer Christopher Oram and lighting designer Neil Austin draws its inspiration from traditional Japanese art. HGO Music Director Patrick Summers conducts.

Ana María Martínez	Joseph Calleja	Levi Hernandez	Lucy Schaufer	Michael Grandage	Patrick Summers

Grand Guarantor
Beth Madison

Guarantors
Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation
Kinder Foundation
Mr. John G. Turner and Mr Jerry G. Fischer

Grand Underwriters
Conoco Phillips
HEB and Charles Butt

Banner photo by Chuck Holloman

2010/11 Season
Madame Butterfly | Peter Grimes | Dead Man Walking
Lucia di Lammermoor | The Marriage of Figaro | Ariadne auf Naxos