Madame Butterfly

Director: Graeme Murphy AO.

Poetic, intimate and beautiful, Madame Butterfly unfolds with visual restraint and emotional depth on the Sydney Opera House stage. Jennifer Irwin’s costume designs honour the delicacy and symbolism of Puccini’s world, blending refined period detail with a painterly sense of colour and form.

Her costumes chart Cio-Cio San’s journey with subtle shifts in silhouette and tone, supporting the production’s atmosphere of longing, honour and quiet strength. Designed with grace, precision and movement in mind, the costumes become an extension of the music, enhancing the opera’s timeless tragedy with visual clarity and profound sensitivity.