About Madama Butterfly (2026) Rabalais in rehearsal for Madama Butterfly. Sometimes people ask me why I got into opera. Whatever they really are asking about, I interpret that question as “ What keeps you doing an art form that most people have never seen? ” For me, a major factor of the appeal is that I am constantly learning. I am learning operas that are new to me, but also learning new things about operas that I have worked on many times before. The latter was true every day that I worked...

Miho Sakoda - Cio Cio San Zach Borichevsky - Pinkerton Kayla Nanto - Suzuki Corey Trahan - Goro Goro’s ambition and careful maneuvering quietly set the tragedy of Madama Butterfly in motion. What do you think about his role in the story, and how do you give that kind of presence shape and three-dimensional texture on stage? I see Goro as the quiet spark that sets the whole tragedy in motion. He’s not the villain, but he’s the one who turns people into transactions, and that creates the world...