// Puccini //
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Friday, January 30, 2026 at 7:30PM
Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 2:00PM
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
MADAMA BUTTERFLY runs approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes including one intermission.
Performed in Italian with English translations projected above the stage.
OPERA OVERVIEW
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
World premiere: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy, February 17, 1904
A love story of passion, sacrifice, and heartbreak, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly delivers some of the most exquisite music ever written. The young geisha Cio-Cio-San gives up everything for love, only to face devastating betrayal in a story that unfolds with haunting beauty and emotional depth. With achingly beautiful lyricism and gut-wrenching tragedy, one of opera’s most powerful productions will stay with you long after the final note.
Madama Butterfly. Photos by Karli Cadel for The Glimmerglass Festival, 2014.
MORE DETAILS
- *Very few remaining!* College student tickets are $15 and can be purchased online, or by calling the NCO Box Office at 919.792.3853. A valid student ID must be presented at will-call to pick up tickets. Limit of 2 tickets per ID.
- Subscribers: log in to your NCO Account Manager to purchase additional tickets with your subscriber discount and enjoy waived handling fees, or contact the Box Office at 919.792.3853.
- Audio Description will be available for the Friday, January 30th performance, provided by Arts Access.
QUESTIONS? We’re here to help! Call the Box Office at 919.792.3853.
THE ARTISTS
Francesca Zambello
Director
Arthur Fagen
Conductor
Caitlin Gotimer
Cio-Cio-San
Eric Taylor
Pinkerton
Efraín Solís
Sharpless
Lisa Chavez
Suzuki
Johnathan White
Goro
Ryan Smith
Yamadori
Christian Blackburn
Bonze
Coleridge Nash
Imperial Commissioner
Isabella Stollenmaier
Kate Pinkerton
YOUR VISIT
Lobby doors and the on-site Box Office/Will Call will open 90 minutes prior to curtain. Please plan to arrive early to find parking, pass through security, and get to your seat. Latecomers may be directed to alternate seating at an appropriate time or held in the Lobby until intermission.
- Directions and Parking
*NEW* Due to construction of the new Omni Raleigh Hotel, the two parking lots located directly in front of the Martin Marietta Center have closed permanently. - Accessibility
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Please note that food may not be brought inside the theater during North Carolina Opera performances and must be consumed in the Lobby.
SPONSORS
This production is generously sponsored by Rosemarie Sweeney in memory of C. Thomas Kunz.
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