Reimagining Madame Butterfly
Internationally renowned artist Michel Comte and his wife Ayako Yoshida have completed the principal photography on their first feature film The Girl From Nagasaki. The film is a multimedia contemporary retelling of Puccini's classic opera Madame Butterfly. After filming around the world in numerous locations including Japan Germany the United States and Italy Comte chose to film his grand finale at Teatro Valle in Rome one of the first opera houses to premiere Puccini's original Madame Butterfly.