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Opera Orlando invites you to experience the enduring story of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, as young Cio-Cio San navigates an impossible intersection of imperialism, infatuation, and maternal instinct. Cio-Cio San is newly married to an American naval officer who almost immediately returns to the States. She is certain he will return to her and waits three years to find out if she is right. While navigating an ever-changing world that views her as a temporary convenience, Cio-Cio San's devotion and selflessness remain constant as she leverages her limited power to protect her child.

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Madame Butterfly

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

In celebration of the San Diego Museum of Art’s centennial and Opera Neo’s 15th Anniversary Season, Opera Neo artists present a unique recital. This “exhibition” of art songs is curated to explore and complement some of the works of art in the museum’s galleries, spanning several centuries of art history and bridging multiple continents. The performance at the La Jolla Woman’s Club will be accompanied by immersive projections, and directed by Samantha Fox and Beatrice Huang.

A Night at the Museum: Art Song Recital

La Jolla Woman's Club

Long before Gounod’s famous Faust, a 26-year-old French composer named Louise Bertin took on Goethe’s epic drama and created something entirely her own. Fausto, receiving its American premiere with Opera Neo, is an astonishingly rare work, seen only at its 1831 Paris premiere, its modern revival in Essen, Germany, and now here in San Diego. Bertin’s score is raw, visceral, and unfiltered, blending Mozartian classicism, Italian opera, German magic opera, and emerging French Romanticism into a strikingly eclectic yet deeply personal musical voice. The opera follows an aging and disillusioned scientist’s desperate bargain with the Devil to reclaim youth and pleasure, posing eternal questions about the value of knowledge and the price of love. Both bold and deeply human, Fausto invites audiences to rediscover a forgotten masterpiece and encounter a uniquely youthful female perspective on one of Western culture’s most enduring stories.

Fausto

Old Town San Diego State Historic Park

Graduating Student Recital | Eren Brooks, mezzo-soprano | Random Black Girl: Combatting Typecasting in Musical Theater

Longy School of Music of Bard College

Graduating Student Recital | Nicholas Hill, trumpet | Night Walk

Graduating Student Recital | Johnny Elliott, collaborative piano | My Family Drum

This fall, Portland Opera" class="css-u850">Portland Opera will present a new 50-minute adaptation of Rossini's La Cenerentola for the 2023 Portland Opera to Go tour. This lively staging tells the story of Angelina (Cinderella) who longs for friendship and love and finds it in the most unexpected of places—a prince who is disguised as a servant. Her bumbling stepfather and her two self-centered stepsisters create havoc along the way, but love rules triumphant in this tale of kindness, friendship, and compassion. Full of whimsy, comedy, and delight, Cinderella is the perfect first opera for kids and adults alike. 

Portland Opera to Go: Cinderella

The Hampton Opera Center

Opera Orlando

Opera Neo

Singer, Actor

Sarah Curtis

Events

Past events

2 - 4 Oct, 2026

Madame Butterfly · Opera Orlando

Jul 18, 2026

A Night at the Museum: Art Song Recital · Opera Neo

Future and recently performed repertoire

Kate Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly by Puccini

Opera Orlando

Catarina in Fausto by Bertin

Opera Neo

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