Minnesota Opera Artistic Director Dale Johnson discusses Un bel di Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" as one of four operas selected as part of the 1999 Minnesota Opera season. The company will also perform Gounod's "Faust", Verdi's "Otello," and Britten's "Turn of the Screw."
Minnesota Opera Artistic Director Dale Johnson says "Madame Butterfly" is one of the most popular pieces in standard opera repertoire. The company performed it as recently as 1993, but Johnson says audiences never seem to tire of the tragic story.