Madama Butterfly Tickets

Madama Butterfly, the original Oriental comedy opera blueprint

Madama Butterfly is one of Puccini's great masterworks. It created the blueprint for any and every opera that has sought to infuse Oriental culture into this most traditional of Western theatre forms. It has become one of the most successful comedy operas in all of history, so when you buy or sell Madama Butterfly tickets on StubHub you're becoming part of a long and very proud theatre tradition.

Far East culture meets high Viennese opera

Madama Butterfly was actually Puccini's second opera to draw on Far Eastern influences, and was a refinement of the theme he first explored in its thematic precursor, his much earlier work, Turandot. It's a serious take on the culture and its ancient traditions, quite a far cry from the later British "Savoy opera" style, which employed slapstick Charlie Chaplin-esque comedy routines and not a little vaguely surrealistic camp. The best example of this genre of course being the massively popular The Mikado by the iconic team of light comedy opera team of Gilbert & Sullivan. Madama Butterfly made its debut back in 1904 at probably the most appropriate opera house for the purpose of launching a legend: Milan's even more eminent La Scala. The opera has been reprised many thousands of times since, so if you're one of those who have yet to get Madama Butterfly tickets and experience the phenomenon, we'd suggest you sort that out right away! And if you're already a fan, you'll know that a new production brings a different dimension to the work every time, which is always worth catching every couple of years or so.

An opera that swept the entire world

Madama Butterfly made its British debut at the Royal Opera House in London in 1905, only a year after its first performance. It's been favourite among British opera lovers ever since, becoming a dependable fixture on the international opera calendar as well. It's found a particular home in Australia, where the Sydney Opera Company has made it a perennial production. Puccini eventually wrote five versions of the opera, with the last one being settled on worldwide as what is now known as the "standard version" of the work. It's very rare to find the original being performed, but if you're lucky enough to find Madama Butterfly tickets for this extended version, you'll be in a for a special treat indeed. This version has typically only been rolled out on the most special and grand of operatic occasions, like the opening of the celebrated 2016 season, again at La Scala, when Riccardo Chailly took the conductor's baton in what has become one of the most talked-about productions of Madama Butterfly in modern opera history. Check StubHub for tickets – you never know if it will be your lucky year for Puccini.