大象传媒

A smash-hit Broadway play turned movie, David Henry Hwang鈥檚 M. Butterfly metamorphoses into music theatre as the UK premiere of Huang Ruo鈥檚 operatic reworking takes wing.

Love, betrayal, self-deception. The themes of M. Butterfly intertwine with those of Puccini鈥檚 achingly tragic opera; but here they鈥檙e ingeniously upended as the action is relocated to Paris and Mao鈥檚 China. Nothing is quite what it seems. Stereotypes are challenged, power struggles realigned.

Concert staging

This production contains nudity, graphic language, and a depiction of self-harm.

Co-produced by the Barbican and the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra