Part 5: Longing for the Mountain
The Butterfly Process: B. • 27m
This fifth part in this series includes interviews and performances by Butterfly artists Zach Borichevsky, Zaray Rodridguez, Omar Najmi, and Yulan Piao, with musical selections from Anton Rubinstein, Robert Wright and George Forrest, and Choi Young Sup.
This six-episode performance series explores and celebrates the music of Asian, Asian-American and Pacific Islanders, as well as works influenced by Asian culture. Part of the Butterfly Process, Boston Lyric Opera's community-wide initiative to reexamine the history and legacies of Madama Butterfly in a modern context, these moving films feature pieces chosen collectively by the artists, along with BLO Artistic Advisor Vimbayi Kaziboni and director Melanie Bacaling, a BLO Emerging Artist Alum. We invite you on this one-in-a-lifetime journey honoring cultural identity and rejoicing in what it means to belong.
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Part 6: Awakening
The final part in this series includes interviews interviews and performances by Butterfly artists Levi Hernandez, Omar Najmi, Nina Yoshida Nelsen, Yulan Piao, and Zaray Rodriguez, with musical selections from Li Bai, Gustav Mahler, and Toru Takemitsu.
This six-episode performance series explore...