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Opera Australia

Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour’s Madama Butterfly - in pictures

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Acclaimed costume designer Lluc Castella created spectacular costumes for Madama Butterfly and her geisha chorus Photograph: kyliem/Opera Australia/supplied
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The striking red kimono costumes worn by Madama Butterfly’s friends Photograph: Opera Australia/supplied
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Another view of Madama Butterfly’s friends’s costumes complete with zori shoes and underkimono or "nagajuban" Photograph: Opera Australia/supplied
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The white chiffon wedding kimono worn by Madama Butterfly Photograph: Opera Australia/supplied
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Costume designer Lluc Castells’s concept for Cio Cio included a full body butterfly tattoo costume to symbolise her devotion Photograph: Opera Australia/supplied
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Madama Butterfly’s spectacular full body tattoo costume revealed by soprano Hiromi Omura Photograph: Opera Australia/supplied
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Madama Butterfly (Hiromi Omura) and Pinkerton (Georgy Vasiliev) take to the stage Photograph: James Morgan/supplied
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