madame butterfly performance preview March 8 - 18, 2007 Houston Ballet brings one of the world's great love stories to the ballet stage with a revival of Stanton Welch’s critically acclaimed signature work, Madame Butterfly, which is in the repertories of companies across the globe  from Hong Kong to Toronto. The two-act work tells the story of the beautiful geisha Cio-Cio-San who renounces her faith and her family to wed Lieutenant Pinkerton, the handsome, but cynical American naval officer who is betrothed to another. Mr. Welch’s dynamic, abstract work Red Earth opens the program. More about this program... Watch a video clip of the performance!  Click on one of two options below to see the preview: Options Large Window Small Window media players To view Madame Butterfly video you will need RealPlayer, Windows MediaPlayer, or Quicktime downloaded onto your computer.  You may visit their sites to download a free media player. Image: Madame Butterfly Dancers: Amy Fote and Nicholas Leschke  Photo by: Drew Donovan