A queer and Hispanic reimagining of Puccini’s seminal opera, Madame Butterfly.

Under the flickering neon lights of a distant Caribbean port, a local rent boy and a foreign sailor fall ominously in love. Immersed in a mist of Havana smoke in which a young man undergoes a radical transformation to pursue love and a better life.

Mariposa is an operatic dance drama that transports Puccini’s Madame Butterfly from Japan to post-revolution Cuba; a dockland world of faded showgirls, hopeful rent boys, troubled sailors and Santería spirits.

Engulfed in a tropical storm of repressed desires, this brand new production is a passionate and deeply moving exploration of what we are ready to sacrifice in order to be loved and accepted.

Set to an original score by Spanish composer Luis Miguel Cobo, which blends Caribbean sounds with Puccini, with libretto by French-Indian writer Karthika Nair.

Suitable for ages 14 and over.

Co-presented with Lakeside Arts.