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(Opera). Italian/English.

"Madame Butterfly" is a short story by American lawyer and writer John Luther Long. It is based on the recollections of Long's sister, Jennie Correll, who had been to Japan with her husband-a Methodist missionary, and was mainly influenced by Pierre Loti's 1887 novel Madame Chrysanth... Read Full Overview

BThe lack Dog Opera Library presents Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly. A marriage of music and the written word in the most complete and popularly priced package yet produced, each of these sets includes a complete opera on two Angel/EMI compact discs, accompanied by the complete... Read Full Overview

Madame Butterfly is a poignant and tragic love story set in 19th century Japan. The novel tells the story of Pinkerton, an American naval officer stationed in Nagasaki, and his ill-fated romance with the geisha Cio-Cio-San (Madame Butterfly). This book is a timeless classic... Read Full Overview

Based on a play by David Belasco, Madama Butterfly concerns the disastrous results of a young American naval officer's marriage to a pretty geisha. Scorned by the La Scala audience at its 1904 premiere, the opera was revised by Puccini and afterwards met with a brilliant success... Read Full Overview

Madame Butterfly is a poignant and tragic love story set in 19th century Japan. The novel tells the story of Pinkerton, an American naval officer stationed in Nagasaki, and his ill-fated romance with the geisha Cio-Cio-San (Madame Butterfly). This book is a timeless classic... Read Full Overview