A love story turned into a tragedy …
— Celeste Sanchez
What happens when a young Geisha falls in love with a handsome foreign soldier? A love story turns into a tragedy … The amazing live opera performance of “Puccini’s Madama Butterfly” highlights a 15-year-old Geisha and a soldier’s romance.
Having come from different backgrounds creates cultural conflict. In order for her to prove her love to him she is forced to betray her family and their values. She is willing to give up everything for him. But is he willing to give up everything for a Geisha? Is this soldier’s love as strong as hers? Or is it all a game…This relationship is more of an adventure for him. This is his first time being in a different county. He’s a soldier who has been blinded by a Geisha’s beauty and shes attracted by his unique foreign features. The relationship becomes strong as their love unfolds soon leading into marriage. However, he soon finds out he must return to America. He promises he will return for her. But months turn into years and she’s all alone raising their son in hope that one day he will return and reunite as the family she’s always imagined. But is their love strong enough to reunite them after three years? Three years of being on her own and having sacrificed everything to be with him.
Come watch as this prohibited love story unfold in Puccini’s Madam Butterfly. Find out the ending of this long-distance relationship that reunites after three years. Puccini’s Madam Butterfly will be shown through February 6 to March 8, 2020, in the Lyric Opera of Chicago located in the Civic Opera Building in the heart of Chicago. For more information on Puccini’s Madam Butterfly such as showtimes and to buy tickets visit the Lyric Opera of Chicago website at:
https://www.lyricopera.org/productions/2019-20/madama-butterfly/
Celeste's life in Chicago 