Deep love, betrayal and heartbreak. Giacomo Puccini’s tragic 1904 opera, “Madama Butterfly,” hits all three emotional notes. “’Madama Butterfly’ is one of the most moving human dramas that has ever ...

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SAN ANTONIO — Presenting Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” to start its second season, Opera San Antonio on Thursday proved its first-season success with Richard Strauss’ “Salome” was not a fluke.

Making one’s role debut as Cio-Cio San in Puccini’s tragically romantic Madama Butterfly would be a rite of passage for any up-and-coming dramatic soprano, but it’s a little more complicated if, like ...