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The Sound of M Butterfly | David Henry Hwang + Emily Balcetis

What is the most mesmerizing music you’ve ever heard? The soaring melodies of an opera can leave us spellbound, with carefully sung notes evoking powerful emotions that go against the grain of reason.

David Henry Hwang builds upon this seductive nature of music in his Tony-award-winning play, M Butterfly. In this love story born at the opera, a French diplomat falls for a Chinese opera diva, leading to a twenty-year affair. In a relationship wrought with secrets, espionage, and betrayal, the protagonists wrestle with their truths and desires. Hwang takes to the Rubin stage with NYU psychologist Emily Balcetis to explore music’s role in the intrigue and mystery of a complex and moving story.

M Butterfly, starring Clive Owen and directed by Julie Taymor, opened in October 2017.











When: Fri., Dec. 8, 2017 at 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Rubin Museum of Art
150 W. 17th St.
212-620-5000
Price: $25
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What is the most mesmerizing music you’ve ever heard? The soaring melodies of an opera can leave us spellbound, with carefully sung notes evoking powerful emotions that go against the grain of reason.

David Henry Hwang builds upon this seductive nature of music in his Tony-award-winning play, M Butterfly. In this love story born at the opera, a French diplomat falls for a Chinese opera diva, leading to a twenty-year affair. In a relationship wrought with secrets, espionage, and betrayal, the protagonists wrestle with their truths and desires. Hwang takes to the Rubin stage with NYU psychologist Emily Balcetis to explore music’s role in the intrigue and mystery of a complex and moving story.

M Butterfly, starring Clive Owen and directed by Julie Taymor, opened in October 2017.

Buy tickets/get more info now