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  1. Feb 6, 2024 · Leading conductors and singers reflect on the female characters in Puccini's operas.

  2. The first world premiere ever produced by the Metropolitan Opera took place on December 10, 1910. The opera was Giacomo Puccinis La Fanciulla del West, based on The Girl of the Golden West by American playwright David Belasco, which Puccini saw on Broadway when he visited New York in 1907.

  3. Madama Butterfly (Italian pronunciation: [maˈdaːma ˈbatterflai]; Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

  4. identify three distinct character types in Puccini’s operas: the Sentimental Heroine, the Femme Fatale, and the New Woman. These groupings are based on female typologies

  5. in the midst of even the darkest of circumstances makes her a heroine in every sense of the word. It is Cio-Cio-San’s touching mixture of sweetness and anguish, vulnerability and courage that elicits some of Puccinis most emotionally expansive and heartbreakingly tender music.

  6. Madam Butterfly: a guide to Puccini's famous opera and its best recordings - Classical Music.

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  8. Feb 17, 2004 · Renata Scotto as Cio-Cio-San in an undated photo. Courtesy Craig Ross. A century ago today, an abandoned young woman took the stage at La Scala in Milan, Italy, praying for her lover's return....