Opera Insights: Madama Butterfly

Wednesday,  April 22, 2026

at 7:00pm MDT

~ Featuring Madeleine Snow AB'20 ~

A Zoom Event: 

URL: harvardalumni.zoom.us/j/99287158535 

Direct Link: Opera Insights Zoom Link

Meeting ID: 992 8715 8535

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We have been invited to this evening's virtual presentation and discussion with Harvard alum and opera professional Madeleine Snow AB'20, currently with Arizona Opera. Madeleine will provide an overview of the basics of opera and delve into the story, staging, and performance history of Madama Butterfly. This presentation will take place via Zoom on April 22, 2026 at 7 P.M. MDT 

This event is free and open to all alumni and their guests, whether or not they plan on attending Opera Colorado's performance of Madama Butterfly on May 7, 2026. For more information on that event, please visit RMHUC at the Opera: May 7, 2026. For more details, visit https://rmhuc.clubs.harvard.edu/article.html?aid=996.

The presentation may be recorded in order to make it available to those who are unable to attend live. 

Madeleine Snow AB'20

Madeleine Snow is an adventurous stage director, creative collaborator, and arts educator.

A 2024-2026 Studio Artist in the Marion Roose Pullin Opera Studio at Arizona Opera, Snow will direct La Cenerentola for the company, following her immersive outdoor stagings of La finta giardiniera and her work directing and choreographing the Studio Cabaret. During the 2025-2026 season, Snow also stages L’elisir d’amore with Boulder Opera, directs Opera Colorado's touring production of Roméo et Juliette, and makes her company debut with Opera Grand Rapids as associate director on Madama Butterfly. A 2026 Directing Fellow at Wolf Trap Opera, Snow will assistant direct Eugene Onegin and Tosca. Her previous assistant directing credits include productions with Arizona Opera, Opera Colorado, Central City Opera, PAC NYC, and Palm Beach Opera.

Snow earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Theater, Dance, and Media from Harvard University and holds a Master of Music degree in Opera Stage Directing from the Eastman School of Music. www.madeleinesnow.com