{"id":7621,"date":"2025-10-16T09:03:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/7621\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T09:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:03:05","slug":"opera-san-jose-to-present-madama-butterfly-with-emily-michiko-jensen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/7621\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera San Jos\u00e9 to Present &#8216;Madama Butterfly&#8217; with Emily Michiko Jensen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Opera San Jos\u00e9 is set to present Puccini\u2019s \u201cMadama Butterfly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The opera will be directed by Michelle Ainna Cuizon and conducted by Joseph Marcheso and will be presented at the California Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>The cast will feature Opera San Jos\u00e9 Artist-in-Residence Emily Michiko Jensen in the title role of Cio-Cio-San, mezzo-soprano Kayla Nanto as Suzuki, Courtney Miller as Kate Pinkerton, tenor C\u00e9sar Delgado as Pinkerton, tenor Ilhee Lee as Goro, and baritone Eugene Brancoveanu as Sharpless.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Opera San Jos\u00e9 General Director &amp; CEO Shawna Lucey said, \u201cContinuing our season with Madama Butterfly is a powerful reminder of opera\u2019s ability to illuminate the deepest corners of the human heart. Puccini\u2019s score is one of the most achingly beautiful in the repertoire, and under Michelle\u2019s sensitive direction, this production invites audiences to experience the sweeping passion, cultural collision, and profound tragedy at the core of Butterfly\u2019s story. We look forward to welcoming audiences back to the California Theatre for an evening of music and drama that is as emotionally stirring as it is unforgettable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The production opens on Nov. 16, 2025 and runs through Nov. 30, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Read Related Stories\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Opera San Jos\u00e9 is set to present Puccini\u2019s \u201cMadama Butterfly.\u201d The opera will be directed by Michelle Ainna&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[7675,7676,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-7621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-madama-butterfly","tag-opera-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}