Confluence Concerts/Amplified Opera | The Butterfly Project: The Ballade of Chō-Chō San

Pre-Performance Presentation

Introducing The Ballad of Chō-Chō San and its themes

Marion Newman (she/her), mezzo-soprano, artistic associate of Confluence Concerts, co-founder of Amplified Opera
Kunio Hara (he/him), Associate Professor, Music History at the University of South Carolina
Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 (they/them), soprano, creator of the Butterfly Project, co-founder of Amplified Opera
Asitha Tennekoon (he/him), tenor, co-founder of Amplified Opera
Aria Umezawa (she/her), co-founder of Amplified Opera and Aria Umezawa (she/her), co-founder of Amplified Opera, director of the COC’s planned* 2022 production of Madama Butterfly.

Film Premiere

The Butterfly Project: The Ballad of Chō-Chō San

Teiya Kasahara’s 笠原貞野 ongoing performance project examines Madama Butterfly and its appropriated Japanese melodies

Post-Performance Reception and Artist Talk Back

Larry Beckwith (he/him), artistic producer of Confluence Concerts
Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野

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