The title role of Madame Butterfly in Opera Philadelphia's production is represented by a puppet, voiced and manipulated by Karen Chia-ling Ho. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...
For most of its 123-year history, the Metropolitan Opera has had a somewhat forbidding image. Peter Gelb, the Met’s new general manager, is resolved to change that. For the first time ever, for ...