“Pines of Rome”/Lansing Symphony Orchestra

Wharton Center for Performing Arts 750 E Shaw Ln, East Lansing

Conductor Timothy Muffitt, with pianist Jon Nakamatsu. "Carnival" Overture by Dvorak, Variations on a Theme by Paganini by Rachmaninoff, "House of Dreams" by Jared Miller (premiere), and "Pines of Rome" […]

Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly”/Opera Grand Rapids

DeVos Performance Hall 303 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids

With Puccini's lush, heart-wrenching score performed by the Grand Rapids Symphony, "Madama Butterfly" remains one of opera's most emotionally powerful and enduring works.