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Bouriscot fell in love with Peking opera star Shi Pei Pu (Song Liling), unaware during their 20-year affair that “she” was really a man who was working as a spy for the Chinese government. The story ...

Love, betrayal, self-deception. The themes of M. Butterfly intertwine with those of Puccini’s achingly tragic opera; but here they’re ingeniously upended as the action is relocated to Paris and Mao’s ...

The Oscar winner, 49, stars as the late opera singer in director Pablo Larraín's latest biopic. Larraín notably focused his two previous films on 20th-century titans, Natalie Portman as former ...

Jolie is widely tipped as a Best Actress Oscar contender for a performance that involved seven months of opera training. Jolie is widely tipped as a Best Actress Oscar nominee for her role as a ...

Welcome to matchday three of the 2024-25 Champions League season! Europe's premier club competition returns in its new format with nine matches across the continent on Tuesday, providing exciting ...

Researchers affiliated with the neuroscience platform FinalSpark have devised a 3D simulation depicting a butterfly that's directed by human brain cells. "It represents a significant step towards the ...

The melodic lines of Madama Butterfly are among opera’s most familiar and overdone. The racism and sexism still make us squirm over what were common European attitudes 120 years ago when Giacomo ...

Butterfly Equity announced on October 7 that it is buying the Duckhorn Portfolio in a $1.95 billion take-private deal. Butterfly expects to close the deal for the winemaker this winter, after the ...

The Teatro Civico Roverto de Silva di Rho is set to present Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” on Oct. 25 & 27 ... Latin Post where he has had the privilege of interviewing numerous opera stars including ...

The Opera House projection began shortly after 8pm on Friday and will conclude at midnight. The Sydney Opera House has been lit up in royal blue to mark King Charles and Queen Camilla's tour.

He goes to the opera and sees an enchanting soprano in the role of Madama Butterfly. He develops the fantasy that he is Pinkerton and Song Liling is Butterfly, the “Oriental” woman in ...