Madama Butterfly – an opera written by Giacomo Puccini in Italy in 1904 at “La Scala” in Milan. The opera takes place in Nagasaki, Japan and it is based on a short story by American writer John L. Long. Four years before the opera was performed, it was a play in London.
Characters:
Madama Butterfly (soprano) – Cio-Cio-San
B. F. Pinkerton (tenor) – Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy
Suzuki (mezzo-soprano) – Butterfly’s servant
Sharpless (baritone) – U.S. Consul at Nagasaki
Kate Pinkerton (mezzo-soprano) – American wife of Lt. Pinkerton
Trouble – Cio-Cio-San’s child
12/11/2002