Review: Vancouver Opera's Madama Butterfly puts a spin on Puccini’s perennial favourite

Vancouver Opera ends its 65th season with Puccini’s perennial favourite Madama Butterfly, in an extended run of five partially double-cast performances. The show opened Saturday evening in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre to a full and enthusiastic house — no surprise, given Butterfly’s enduring popularity and appeal. But this isn’t exactly Butterfly as seen in previous mountings of the work. Director Mo Zhou has made some telling changes to the mise-en-scènes, moving