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Madama Butterfly
A community portal about Madama Butterfly with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. The opera... [more]
A community portal about Madama Butterfly with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. The opera was based on a short story by John Luther Long which was made into a play by David Belasco. It is also based on a novel by Pierre Loti, Madame Chrysanthème.
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The operas of Giacomo Puccini, a 19th century Italian composer, are all marked with his distinctive approach to music: a signature sound poised between melancholy and morbidity.
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Madama Butterfly is a relatively modern opera, set in Nagasaki in 1890. A deep tragedy of deception and betrayal, a young Geisha is married off to an American; and though deeply devoted to him, the American has no intention of being a husband to the girl.
Abandoned by husband and shunned by her people, Madama Butterfly is 'stuck by a pin, and mounted on a board.' Unable to overcome her dishonour, she is forced to commit jigai. This...
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Tosca, an Italian Romantic opera by the composer of Madama Butterfly, is based on the play by Victorien Sardou.Contributor: Kimberly LorenzPublished: Oct 20, 2009
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Launching its comeback in perilous financial times, the New York City Opera might well have played it safe with a surefire crowd-pleaser, like its production of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly."
But Puccini's lush melodies will have to wait until spring. Instead, the company opened its season...
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Launching its comeback in perilous financial times, the New York City
Opera might well have played it safe with a surefire crowd-pleaser,
like its production of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." But
Puccini's lush melodies will have to wait until spring. Instead, the
company opened its season Saturday night by reviving an atonal opera
that it premiered back in 1993 Hugo Weisgall's "Esther."
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