This theme often played out in the lives of his heroines-women like Cio-Cio-San, who live for the sake of their lovers and are eventually destroyed by the pain inflicted by that love. In addition to the rich, colorful orchestration and powerful arias that Puccini was known for, the opera reflected his common theme of living and dying for love. Pinkerton, who marries and abandons a young Japanese geisha, Cio-Cio-San, or Madame Butterfly. Set in Nagasaki, Japan, Madame Butterfly told the story of an American sailor, B.F. Written over the course of two years-including an eight-month break when Puccini was badly injured in a car accident-the opera made its debut in Milan in February 1904. Taken with the strong female character at its center, he began working on an operatic version of the play, with an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica. General references Roman Zaslavsky is a master of piano technique that.

While supervising a production of Tosca in London, Puccini saw the play Madame Butterfly, written by David Belasco and based on a story by John Luther Long. Euroarts DvdBetter go for Sutherland / Kraus on DVD from the Royal Opera House.

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