With Madama Butterfly, the 107-year-old Issac Royal reclaims its title as the 'Grand Old Lady' of NZ Theatre

It needed something special and NZ Opera has delivered it. Coming out remarkably well from the dangers of being compared to the previous renditions of an opera so well-known and oft-performed, Giacomo Puccini's 100-year-old story of love and betrayal between a Japanese geisha and her US naval officer husband, is set to mesmerise Christchurch in the coming week. 

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