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	Puccini: Madama Butterfly
		The story upon which the libretto of Puccini's Madama Butterfly is based is an amalgam of a narrative by John Luther Long, a Philadelphia lawyer, and the play derived from that narrative by playwright and theatrical producer, David Belasco.
		Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton (the name itself is an ironic accentuation of his role as the American intruder) of the United States Navy marries the young Cho-Cho-San, nicknamed "Madam Butterfly," and forces her to relinquish all ties to her friends and family.
		Butterfly attempts suicide but survives and is bandaged in the amateurish but moving final scene of the story.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/music/NYCO/butterfly/luther.html (836 words)

	Madama Butterfly
		Sharpless recounts how Butterfly visited the Consulate a couple of days before; he didn't see her, but was struck by the sound of her voice and felt that she was really in love.
		Butterfly returns to show him what Pinkerton thinks are dolls, but they are the hotoke -- the souls of her ancestors.
		Butterfly tells her, "Don't be sad for me," and asks that Pinkerton himself come for the child in a half hour.
	www.reginaopera.org /butter.htm (1749 words)

	Madama Butterfly
		In her house Butterfly listens to the prayers of Suzuki and still confident that Pinkerton, who has been away for three years, will come back, tries to reassure her doubting servant by imagining the arrival of the beloved (''Un bel dì vedremo...'').
		Butterfly is exhausted and Suzuki persuades her to go and rest with the child.
		But when he hears from Suzuki of Butterfly's suffering, of her great love, of how she has waited for him so faithfully, he is overcome by remorse ("Addio fiorito asil") and hurries away.
	www.arena.it /eng/front/documentiING/sinopsi/madamabutterfly.htm (707 words)

	Anthony Minghella on Madama Butterfly - The Metropolitan Opera
		Anthony Minghella on Madama Butterfly - The Metropolitan Opera
		Commissioned to create a new production of Pucciniâs Madama Butterfly to open at English National Opera in November 2005, Minghella was eager to explore a few of the images in his head before he began the rehearsal process.
		She attacked the Butterfly costume designs with a combination of extensive period research and her own pan-Asian flair.
	www.metoperafamily.org /metopera/news/features/minghella_butterfly_effect.aspx (1185 words)

	Madama Butterfly (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sharpless arrives to show Butterfly a letter from Pinkerton and her excitement turns to dismay when Sharpless intimates that he has taken an American wife.
		Butterfly then shows the Consul the child she has borne Pinkerton without his knowledge: surely this will ensure her husband's faithfulness.
		Butterfly sends Suzuki away, blindfolds her son, bids him a passionate farewell, then stabs herself, to the sounds of Pinkerton in the distance, returning, calling her name.
	www.opera-australia.org.au /opera/oaweb.nsf/lookups/4CAD95A106E200E4CA2567F2001F271A?opendocument (464 words)

	The Lyric Opera of Kansas City (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Butterfly is heard in the distance joyously singing of her wedding.
		Butterfly urges her to have faith in Pinkerton's return.
		Sharpless then begins reading the letter to her, but is interrupted by Butterfly, who rushes out and returns with her child, Dolore (Sorrow), saying that Pinkerton surely will return once he learns of his son.
	www.kcopera.org /our_season/madama_butterfly.html (515 words)

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	‘Madama Butterfly’ Graces the Stage
		Tickets for the "Madama Butterfly" performances are available by calling the UK Singletary Center for the Arts ticket office at (859) 257-4929 or purchased online.
		Giacomo Puccini’s timeless classic, "Madama Butterfly," is being presented by the University of Kentucky's Opera Theatre at 7:30 p.m.
		Haven and a crew of three student assistants produced the collection of costumes for “Madama Butterfly.” Their work will be included in a book Haven is writing about Japanese costume patterning and construction techniques.
	www.uky.edu /PR/News/050223_madama_butterfly.htm (284 words)

	Madame Butterfly Story Origins
		Butterfly falls in love with Pinkerton who promises, untruly, to return "when the robins nest again." In the meantime Butterfly has a child she names Trouble - meaning Joy.
		Butterfly attempts suicide, to die with honor, as Pinkerton has taken everything that is precious to her.
		By singing in fluid Italian, Butterfly is finally freed from the pidgin English she had spoken in versions thus far.
	www.balletmet.org /Notes/ButterflyStory.html (1626 words)

	Opera by Giacomo Puccini MADAMA BUTTERFLY Latvijas Nacionālajā operā
		As twilight approaches Butterfly's maid, Suzuki, helps her change from her wedding dress, and the newlyweds are left alone to sing a passionate love duet before retiring to the house.
		Butterfly enters eagerly looking for Pinkerton, but upon seeing Kate, she realizes they will take her child from her.
		Butterfly sends Suzuki to the garden, and then stabs herself with an ancestral dagger which is inscribed: Death with honor when one can no longer live in honor.
	www.music.lv /opera/madamabutterfly/default_e.htm (749 words)

	AZOpera Madama Butterfly Synopsis
		The tragically loyal Butterfly answers with the aria "Un bel di vedremo," describing her vision of the Lieutenant's ship reappearing on the horizon and Pinkerton himself ascending the hill to their home.
		Butterfly and Suzuki happily prepare the house for his arrival.
		Butterfly takes her child to his room to tuck him into bed, to the tune of a lullaby.
	www.evermore.com /azo/95season/mb_syn.php3 (675 words)

	Photo Credits - The Metropolitan Opera
		Cristina Gallardo-DomÃ¢s in Madama Butterfly: The Metropolitan OperaÂ®
		Louise Homer and Geraldine Farrar in Madama Butterfly: Byron
		Louise Homer and Geraldine Farrar in Madama Butterfly (2): Byron
	www.metoperafamily.org /metopera/utility/photo_credits.aspx (2777 words)

	NPR Music: Anthony Minghella's 'Madama Butterfly'
		Cristina Gallardo-Domas as Cio-Cio-San, with her puppet son in Anthony Minghella's Madama Butterfly, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York through Nov. 18.
		This is Madama Butterfly, one of Puccini's most famous operas -- and film director Minghella's debut at the Metropolitan Opera.
		We asked them to think about that, to see if it would change anything, and they were, like all artists, thrilled to be challenged.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=6363789 (401 words)

	Simona Baldolini :: Biografia / Biography :: www.simonabaldolini.com
		Madama Butterfly al Teatro della Regina di Cattolica.
		A gennaio 2007 è Madama Butterfly alla Bruchknerhaus di Linz,
		Butterfly at the Teatro della Regina in Cattolica.
	www.simonabaldolini.com /biog.htm (1084 words)

	MADAMA BUTTERFLY Discografía recomendada
		Madama Butterfly es uno de los papeles donde la Freni hace una de sus mejores creaciones, gracias a su medido uso de la expresividad e inteligencia teatral.
		La Tebaldi canta una espléndida Butterfly con una hermosa y expresiva voz.
		Excelente voz de la Scotto para su bellamente construida Butterfly.
	www.operamania.com /disc/madama_butterfly.htm (401 words)

	BBC - Devon Culture & Arts - Review - Puccini's Madama Butterfly at Princess Theatre, Torquay
		Puccini's Madama Butterfly was premiered at Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 1904.
		Madama Butterfly was played by Mariana Colpos - and okay, she was nowhere near 15-years-old - but wow!
		The suicide of the distraught Madama Butterfly is poignantly done, so we only see her silhouette, while her son is blindfolded at the front of the stage.
	www.bbc.co.uk /devon/stage/reviews/madama_butterfly.shtml (509 words)

	Madama Butterfly
		Butterfly confided in Pinkerton that she had gone to the mission the day before in order to convert to the Christian faith, in honor of her new life.
		But Butterfly ordered her to pray to the American god, instead--only she was afraid that he might not know where they were.
		Butterfly was thrilled to see him, offering him tea and a cigar, and forcing herself to postpone hearing the joyous news she was so sure he had brought her.
	www.frugalfun.com /butterfly.html (2252 words)

	Metroactive Stage \| Madama Butterfly
		As sole beneficiary to the story's tragic course, Butterfly is the only character that seems subject to the whims of fate; the rest are either perpetrators or spectators.
		Suzuki, Madama Butterfly's servant and confidante, was brought to life compellingly by Jeanette Blakeney.
		Madama Butterfly ultimately drives home the fact that life isn't fair, but it also offers the consoling reminder that we have beautiful music to help us get through it.
	metroactive.com /papers/metro/04.25.96/opera-9617.html (797 words)

	Opera Review: Madama Butterfly - Arts and Culture (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The ceremony is interrupted by Butterfly's uncle, the Bonze, who reveals to the rest of her family that she went to the Christian mission and has forsaken her gods.
		Butterfly then introduces Sharpless to her son who was born after Pinkerton left.
		Butterfly wakes up and is frightened when she sees Kate.
	www.hlrecord.org /home/news/2006/11/09/ArtsAndCulture/Opera.Review.Madama.Butterfly-2450447.shtml (578 words)

	YouTube - Mario Lanza Madama Butterfly
		pardon my mistake madama butterfly is usually played by lyric spinto which is a type of voice that is silky and has dramatic richness to it which like i said grayson dont have
		Butterfly, is somewhere between the age of 13 and 15.
		Madam butterfly is usually played by dramatic sopranos and her voice is...
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=zirxxvLRvSc (382 words)

	"Madama Butterfly"
		It follows the rise and fall of the marriage between a vulnerable geisha, Cio Cio San (Madama Butterfly), and her disengaged American husband, Naval officer Lt. Pinkerton.
		Flower Girls will distribute nosegays to the audience during intermission of “Madama Butterfly.” Reminiscent of a tradition set by Cornish miners who threw gold coins onto the stage for a performance they enjoyed, the nosegays will be tossed on stage at the end of the performance.
		The 2005 festival season includes Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” Barber’s “Vanessa” and Britten’s “Paul Bunyan.” For more information or to purchase tickets to the Central City Opera, visit www.centralcityopera.org or call 303-292-6700.
	www.gilpincountynews.com /20050623/madama_butterfly.htm (655 words)

	PROGRAM NOTES FOR MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Madama Butterfly had its premiere at La Scala on Feb. 17, 1904.
		Butterfly for Gounod's Juliet.One young singer who had the vocal equipment to cope with Buttrefly's music was the 22 year-old Maria Callas who, in 1946, was offerd the role at the Met.
		Pinkerton is such a despicable rat that it is traditional for audiences to boo him during his curtain calls at the end of the opera.
	www.pzweifel.com /music/butterfly_program_notes.html (1018 words)

	Madama Butterfly-mostra (engl)
		The manuscripts found at the Archives of the Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna, exhibition held at the foyer of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, on the occasion of the performance of “Madama Butterfly (19-31 March 1996).
		The pages containing notes of Madama Butterfly are 25, almost all in dark orange paper and dating back to 1901.
		Among these songs, only the first (Vivace) is used, fragmentarily, in Madama Butterfly: namely, the “Canzone di Primavera”, which is heard for the first time at the arrival of Butterfly on the scene (Act I 41).
	www.luigiverdi.it /engl/madama_butterfly-mostra-ingl.htm (548 words)

	Seattle Opera
		Puccini's Madama Butterfly captures the vulnerability of innocence and immortalizes the power of tradition through a legendary story of heartbreak and betrayal.
		The Japanese geisha Butterfly, sung by Sheri Greenawald, falls victim to an American lieutenant's reckless passion.
		From Butterfly's beloved aria "Un bel di vedremo" to the "Flower Duet" full of hope and anticipation, Madama Butterfly is a timeless classic not to be missed.
	www.seattleopera.org /operas/2001-2002/madama_butterfly (81 words)

	Opera in Focus - "MADAMA BUTTERFLY" - Act III
		With immense dignity, Butterfly tells Kate that she and her husband may return for the child in a half hour.
		Sharpless and Kate sadly leave, and Butterfly orders Suzuki to close the shoji and stay with her child in the garden.
		She kneels behind a screen to hide herself from her child, and in a moment we hear the the dagger fall to the floor.
	www.operainfocus.com /repertoire/mbutterfly3.html (326 words)

	Madame Butterfly - Giacomo Puccini
		Madame Butterfly originated in a story by John Luther Long and was adapted for the stage by David Belasco.
		What makes the piece work are the characterizations of Butterfly and her Captain Pinkerton, both in the drama and in the rich and luscious Puccini score.
		There is one jarring, inexplicable note, when Mitterand has Cio-Cio San's uncle, a priest who comes to curse her for giving up her religion for the American, appear out of the sky, like a spirit, instead of the very real figure in the libretto.
	www.culturevulture.net /Opera/Butterfly.htm (429 words)

	BillingsGazette.com :: 'Madama Butterfly' (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In this case, the teenager girl is Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly), a character in the famous Giacomo Puccini opera who vocalizes her sorrow in some of the most beautiful music ever performed.
		Lappalainen said she's lost count of how many times she's performed the lead in "Madama Butterfly." She has performed the role in several countries, from Germany to Greece, and in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada.
		Also performing in "Madama Butterfly" are baritone Jan Michael Kliewer, of Powell, Wyo., who appears as Sharpless, the American Consul who sees the reality of Butterfly's plight and the futility of intervention.
	www.billingsgazette.net /articles/2006/10/20/entertainment/enjoy/25-butterfly.txt (963 words)

	BBC - Hampshire - Entertainment - Madama Butterfly
		The poignant tale begins with the wedding ceremony of Lieutenant Pinkerton to young Japanese girl, Cio-Cio-San, known as Butterfly who's so in love with him that she's prepared to sacrifice all her Japanese roots and traditions for the sake of her marriage.
		Madama Butterfly climaxes in a tragic death scene after Butterfly realizes the true intentions of her husband's visit - to take away her child.
		Madama Butterfly is sung in Italian with full orchestra and English surtitles.
	www.bbc.co.uk /hampshire/content/articles/2005/04/15/madamabutterfly_feature.shtml (299 words)

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		Puccini immediately thought of this as the subject of his next opera, and he persuaded the librettists, Illica and Giacosa, it would be worthy of their collaboration.
		Originally the last two scenes were in one act which lasted one and one-half hours, and Puccini refused to have a curtain after Butterfly's vigil.
		As a footnote, after Pearl Harbor, Madama Butterfly was not given again in America until almost 1949 or 1950.
	www.operapaedia.org /Opera.aspx?article=1035&id=4013 (977 words)

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