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It's a mean old man's world
Life, Stephen Steele, Published on 16/07/2018
» Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly has been reducing audiences to puddles of tears for over a century. Opera Siam's recently concluded two-night performance of the beloved opera was no exception.
Madame Butterflyin the age of human trafficking
Life, Somtow Sucharitkul, Published on 10/07/2018
» Tomorrow and on Thursday, Opera Siam's 17th season will close with two performances of one of the "top 10" operas, performed over 2,000 times around the world this year alone, Madame Butterfly. It's a tear-jerker, a relentlessly romantic piece full of famous melodies and a can't-lose formulaic plot: boy meets girl, boy dumps girl, girl kills herself.