This butterfly sympathizes with teen’s futile bid for freedom
The expressions say it all in this 2018 Pensacola Opera production: Madama Butterfly (Elizabeth Caballero), left, is certain her Lt. Pinkerton has come back, but Suzuki (Gillian Ann Cotter) has more trepidation about what will happen. Photo by Meg Burke for Pensacola Opera
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By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com  
8 March 2024
NAPLES OPERA FESTIVAL UNDER THE STARS

This butterfly sympathizes with teen’s futile bid for freedom

The heavens couldn’t have realigned better for the Opera Naples Festival Under the Stars. It lost two of its principals— Marcello Alvarez, Pavarotti concert artist, to visa problems and Jennifer Rowley, its Madama Butterfly, to a scheduling snafu for her.

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