{"id":405691,"date":"2026-09-20T21:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T21:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/405691\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T21:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T21:42:11","slug":"opera-orlando-will-debut-madame-butterfly-in-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/405691\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera Orlando will debut Madame Butterfly in October 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Opera Orlando will present a new production of Giacomo Puccini\u2019s opera \u201cMadame Butterfly\u201d on Oct. 2, 3, and 4, 2026. The performances will take place in Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The production kicks off Opera Orlando\u2019s season with evening performances at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 2 and 3, followed by a matinee at 2 p.m. on Oct. 4. Ahead of opening night, Opera Orlando is offering three behind-the-scenes events through its More of the MainStage series to give audiences an immersive look at the staging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Soprano Yeawon Jun stars in the title role of Puccini\u2019s opera. Tenor Isaac Hurtado portrays Lt. Pinkerton, while mezzo-soprano Yoojin Lee performs as Suzuki.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The cast also includes tenor Brad Bickhardt as the matchmaker Goro and bass Zaikuan Song as Bonzo. Gabriel Preisser, general director of Opera Orlando and a Grammy Award-winning baritone, performs as Sharpless, the American consul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789940531_192_APP DOWNLOAD LOCAL_1541693885678.jpg_13622062_ver1.0.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM WFTV CHANNEL 9<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Opera Orlando will present a new production of Giacomo Puccini\u2019s opera \u201cMadame Butterfly\u201d on Oct.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-405691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}