Everything about this production feels fresh and new, from the sparkling performances to the director’s bold choices.

The horrors and harmonies of “Madama Butterfly” are like “catnip” to modern audiences, conductor Daniel Kleinknecht said.

There is little doubt that Giacomo Puccini’s operas are among the world’s most loved.

The two talk about how being extra-prepared has been key to getting breaks in their singing careers, and about what makes the Cedar Rapids O

Program Notes by Stephen Lovely In 1854, during Commodore Matthew Perry’s second expedition to open Japan to U.S. trade, another American...