A Letter from Butterfly
All was bliss until B.F. shipped out a few months later, promising to return when “the robins nest” and unaware that I was pregnant. For three long years I waited, positive that he would be true to his word. Imagine my shock when he did return, with an American wife in tow, demanding that I hand over my beloved child to be raised in America as their son. Heartbroken, I seized my father’s knife and followed his example. Or at least, so says Puccini.
Through 3/8: Mon 2/17 and 2/24, 7 PM; Wed-Thu, 3/4-3/5, 2 PM; Fri 2/14 and 2/21, 7 PM; Sat 2/29 and 3/7, 7:30 PM; Sun 3/8, 2 PM, Lyric Opera, 20 N. Wacker, 312-827-5600, lyricopera.org, $49-$299.
