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Puccini and opera – what a perfect match! You might have heard of Manon Lescaut, La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly or Turandot. Enjoy the most popular stan...
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Oct 16, 2014 · When Puccini, in the early stages of composing Madama Butterfly, was considering how he might translate into music the Japonisme of Belasco’s play, he met, in Milan, with a famous Japanese actress, Sada Jacco, who was touring France and Italy in some of her best-known roles.
The opera was Giacomo Puccini’s 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.
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.
Feb 17, 2004 · Puccini was captivated by the sad tale of a callous American officer, B.F. Pinkerton, who marries and leaves Cio-Cio-San, a vulnerable Japanese girl, and spent four years setting it to music.
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