With the Rose Garden as your backdrop, discover Puccini’s devastating tragedy Madam Butterfly, performed live by Opera Brava and with a full orchestra.

Now in its 36th year, Opera Brava brings an international cast to Chatsworth, including rising stars Zita Syme, Hakan Vramsmo and Paul Hopwood.

Madam Butterfly is the heart wrenching story of a beautiful young geisha who sacrifices her family, her religion, and ultimately, her life for her American husband.

Butterfly is the young bride of Lieutenant Pinkerton, who buys Butterfly’s love while stationed in Japan and has no intention of ever taking her home to America.  

With its exquisite score, Giacomo Puccini’s poignant 1904 opera is as beautiful as it is shattering. Puccini called ‘Madam Butterfly’ his favourite work, one he never tired of listening to in its entirety.