Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野, electronics, piano, voice
Andrea Wong, electronics, live sound design, violin
Dabin Zoey Yang*, violin
Xi Huang*, piano
Gregory Smith*, piano

An Amplified Opera Production

Puccini’s famous opera, Madama Butterfly, is reimagined by interdisciplinary performer-creator, Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 (they/them) into The Butterfly Project 蝶々さんのプロジェクト (or, The Ballad of Chō-Chō san). Focusing on the Japanese melodies Puccini quotes in the score, The Butterfly Project 蝶々さんのプロジェクト highlights the original intention of these melodies and brings them into the 21st century with live and recorded sounds, electronics, and classical singing.

*TSM Academy Fellow

Dabin Zoey Yang’s performance is generously supported by the Judith Humphrey & Marc Egnal Fellowship.

Xi Huang’s performance is generously supported by the Brayton Polka Fellowship.

Gregory Smith’s performance is generously supported by the Weston Family Foundation Fellowship.

Thank you to our Walter Hall venue sponsor, Sheffield Moving and Storage.