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This lecture series provides audiences with fresh insights from regional scholars and industry professionals to enrich appreciation and understanding of the operas in our season. Both established operagoers and curious newcomers alike are sure to make discoveries.

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Please note new time and location below!

Between Fantasy and Reality
Dr. Kunio Hara, speaker
Monday, November 10, 2025, 6:00–7:00 pm
Kirk Family YMCA
Respect and Responsibility Room
222 W 11th St., Kansas City, MO 64105

In fashioning Madame Butterfly, librettists Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa consulted several literary stories written by Westerners with connections to Japan. Composer Giacomo Puccini gathered examples of Japanese music, which he used liberally in the opera's score. While the opera draws heavily on Western tropes about Japan and East Asia, it also contains elements of truth—a combination that has captivated audiences worldwide for over 120 years. Join us as we examine this tension between fiction and history, fantasy and reality, within Puccini's "tragedia giapponese" ("Japanese tragedy").

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