Travel to Nagasaki, Japan, in 1904 and learn the tragic fate of a naïve geisha and her unfaithful lover, an American naval officer, when “Madama Butterfly” comes to the Stockton University Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7.
Cio-Cio-san, nicknamed “Butterfly,” renounced her family and community to marry Pinkerton, a man with ulterior motives. The NJ Association of Verismo Opera will perform their story of love and betrayal — the same troupe that brought Rossini’s “Il Barbiere Di Siviglia” (“The Barber of Seville”) to life in 2024.
Tickets are $40 for the general public, $38 for senior citizens (65+) and military, $35 for Stockton alumni, $30 for Stockton faculty and staff, $18 for children under 12 and $12 for Stockton students.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit stockton.edu/pac. Tickets are also available at the Stockton Performing Arts Center box office from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 90 minutes before showtime. Call 609-652-9000.
