"Madama Butterfly Madama Butterfly (; ""Madam Butterfly"") is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story ""Madame Butterfly"" (1898) by John Luther Long, which in turn was based on stories told to Long by his sister Jennie Correll and on the semi-autobiographical 1887 French novel ""Madame Chrysanthème"" by Pierre Loti. Long's version was dramatized by David Belasco as the one-act play ""Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan"", which, after premiering in New York in 1900, moved to London, where Puccini saw"
"opera (28 May 1904 at the Teatro Grande in Brescia) it was sung by the famous Ukrainian soprano Solomiya Krushelnytska. It has been subsequently performed by many sopranos (including Geraldine Farrar, Maria Callas, and Renata Tebaldi among others), recently also by at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, where the original version of the opera was staged on 7 December 2016. In 1984 the pop musician Malcolm McLaren adapted the aria for his single ""Madam Butterfly (Un bel di vedremo)"", a Synth-pop remix of opera and 1980s R&B. The record reached No.13 in the UK Singles Chart and was included"
"Verdi, Puccini, Bellini, and Donizetti. Zhang Liping Zhang Liping (; born 1965) is a Chinese-Canadian soprano, who has sung leading roles in the opera houses of both Europe and North America. She is particularly known for her portrayal of Madama Butterfly. Zhang Liping was born in Wuhan, Hubei (about 650 miles south-west of Beijing) and is the daughter of a classical musician and a dancer. She entered the Wuhan Conservatoire to study voice. As a young student, she was selected to sing with Plácido Domingo in Tian'anmen Square. She then moved to Vancouver to study with Canadian mezzo-soprano Phyllis Mailing"
"M. Butterfly M. Butterfly is a play by David Henry Hwang. The story, while entwined with that of the opera Madama Butterfly, is based most directly on the relationship between French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, a Peking opera singer. The play premiered on Broadway in 1988 and won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Play. ""M. Butterfly"" premiered at the National Theatre, Washington, DC, on February 10, 1988. The play opened on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on March 20, 1988, and closed after 777 performances on January 27, 1990. It was produced by Stuart Ostrow"
"The Firefly (operetta) The Firefly was the first operetta written by composer Rudolf Friml, with a libretto by Otto Harbach. The story concerns a young Italian girl, who is a street singer in New York. She disguises herself and serves as a cabin boy on a ship to Bermuda, where she falls in love. Complications arise, and eventually, she becomes a grand opera diva. After tryouts at the Empire Theatre in Syracuse, New York beginning in October 1912, the operetta premiered on Broadway on December 2, 1912 at the Lyric Theatre, transferring after Christmas to the Casino Theatre. It was"
"skillful teaching, Nina has now become the great prima donna ""Giannina"". Jack realises that he loves her, and Nina reveals that she has always loved him. The Firefly (operetta) The Firefly was the first operetta written by composer Rudolf Friml, with a libretto by Otto Harbach. The story concerns a young Italian girl, who is a street singer in New York. She disguises herself and serves as a cabin boy on a ship to Bermuda, where she falls in love. Complications arise, and eventually, she becomes a grand opera diva. After tryouts at the Empire Theatre in Syracuse, New York"
"interview was reissued in the 1960s and can be heard on CD. The asterisk (*) indicates that Zenatello made commercial recordings of excerpts of these operas (for the Fonotipia company for all, and also for G&T for ""Siberia"".) Giovanni Zenatello Giovanni Zenatello (22 February 1876 – 11 February 1949) was an Italian opera singer. Born in Verona, he enjoyed an international career as a dramatic tenor of the first rank. Otello became his most famous operatic role but he sang a wide repertoire. In 1904, he created the part of Pinkerton in ""Madama Butterfly"". Zenatello showed musical promise from a"
"for opera programmes at the Manoel Theatre in Malta, conducting new music productions such as: Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti, Il Trovatore, I Pagliacci by Leoncavallo and Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana, Mozart's Clemenza di Tito. Maestro Binetti is also the author of an orchestration of Puccini's Madama Butterfly for ballet, performed with great acclaim from critics in Prague, with choreography by Robert Balogh. He is also the author of a ballet version of Cinderella, with the music of Gioacchino Rossini, held in the Opera Houses of Kraków and Lodz in Poland, and presented later in Vienna and in Edinburgh. Since 2009"
"the arrival of Pinkerton's ship, but it proves to be her last; Butterfly learns that Pinkerton has married another woman, and at the end of the opera the distraught Butterfly takes her own life. ""Un bel dì vedremo"" is especially significant as it appeals to audiences with its emotive melody but also encapsulates the tragedy at the heart of the opera, foretelling Cio-Cio San's inevitable demise. The aria was first performed by the well-known soprano Rosina Storchio at the premiere of ""Madama Butterfly"" on 17 February 1904 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. In the revised version of the"
"over the next two years, and made his debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with ""Madama Butterfly"" in 1928. The following year he was invited to conduct the opening work in Covent Garden's international season, ""Don Giovanni"", with a cast that included Mariano Stabile, Elisabeth Schumann and Heddle Nash. In 1929, after financial problems had forced the BNOC to disband, the Covent Garden management set up a touring company to fill the gap, and appointed Barbirolli as its musical director and conductor. The operas in the company's first provincial tour included ""Die Meistersinger"", ""Lohengrin"", ""La bohème"", ""Madama Butterfly"","
"Zhang Liping Zhang Liping (; born 1965) is a Chinese-Canadian soprano, who has sung leading roles in the opera houses of both Europe and North America. She is particularly known for her portrayal of Madama Butterfly. Zhang Liping was born in Wuhan, Hubei (about 650 miles south-west of Beijing) and is the daughter of a classical musician and a dancer. She entered the Wuhan Conservatoire to study voice. As a young student, she was selected to sing with Plácido Domingo in Tian'anmen Square. She then moved to Vancouver to study with Canadian mezzo-soprano Phyllis Mailing at the Vancouver Academy of"
"Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia; and ""Suor Angelica"" at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and Teatro Colón. Gallardo-Domâs is known for her Madama Butterfly and was featured in the heavily promoted new production of this work that opened the 2006/2007 season at the Metropolitan Opera and marked the beginning of Peter Gelb's tenure as General Manager of the Met. According to her website , she was personally chosen by the director, Anthony Minghella, for this role, having successfully performed it previously at the Royal Opera. In 2010 Gallardo-Domâs created the role of"
"Cristina Gallardo-Domâs Cristina Gallardo-Domâs is a soprano, born in Santiago, Chile, who frequently performs in operas by Puccini. Gallardo-Domâs made her debut as Madama Butterfly in 1990 at the Municipal Theatre of Santiago and, three years later, began performing in opera houses in Europe, making her La Scala debut in 1993 in ""La Rondine"". Gallardo-Domâs' many Puccini performances include: ""Turandot"" and ""Madama Butterfly"" at the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, and Royal Opera House; ""La bohème"" at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, and Paris Opéra; ""Manon Lescaut"" at the Zurich Opera and Los Angeles Opera; ""Simon Boccanegra (by Verdi)"" at"
"Butterfly (1982 film) Butterfly is a 1982 film directed by Matt Cimber, based on the 1947 novel ""The Butterfly"" by James M. Cain. The starring cast includes Stacy Keach, Pia Zadora, Lois Nettleton, Ed McMahon, and Orson Welles. The original music score was composed by Ennio Morricone. The film was financed by Zadora's husband, Israeli multimillionaire Meshulam Riklis, at an estimated cost of US$2 million. It received 10 nominations for the 1982 Golden Raspberry Awards including ""Worst Picture"", with Zadora winning ""Worst Actress"" and ""Worst New Star"", and McMahon winning ""Worst Supporting Actor"". Nevertheless, Zadora won ""Best Female Newcomer"" at"
"M. Butterfly (film) M. Butterfly is a 1993 American romantic drama film directed by David Cronenberg. The screenplay was written by David Henry Hwang based on his play of the same name. The film stars Jeremy Irons and John Lone, with Ian Richardson, Barbara Sukowa, and Annabel Leventon. Loosely based on true events (see Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu), the film concerns René Gallimard (Jeremy Irons), a French diplomat assigned to Beijing, China, in the 1960s. He becomes infatuated with a Peking opera performer, Song Liling (John Lone), who spies on him for the Government of the People's Republic"
"Lee Curtis, David Carradine, Joel Grey, and many others. ""Madame Butterfly"" was originally a short story written by Philadelphia attorney John Luther Long. It was turned into a one-act play, ""Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan"", by David Belasco. Giacomo Puccini re-made the play into the Italian opera ""Madama Butterfly"", set in 1904. The 1915 silent film version was directed by Sidney Olcott and starred Mary Pickford. All the versions of Madame Butterfly tell the story of a young Japanese woman who has converted to Christianity (for which she is disowned by her family) and marries Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, a"
"of fifteen operas, four of them new, in just under five weeks, in itself provided plenty of variety. The remaining operas were ""Die Walküre"", ""Aida"", ""La Bohème"", ""Carmen"", ""Lohengrin"", ""Madama Butterfly"", ""Faust"" and ""La traviata"". The artists were mostly British, with two returning Australian singers, Lalla Miranda and Julia Caroli. The company also included the British tenor John Coates and Britain's leading dramatic soprano, Agnes Nicholls. There was a total of 163 people in the party (plus a three-year-old child for ""Butterfly""), including the permanent orchestra of 55 and a chorus of 60, and there were three conductors: Ernst Knoch"
"del Lago. He is a guest faculty member at universities, where he lectures limited courses in opera and music theory, in the Italian language. Marco Balderi Marco Balderi is an Italian orchestra conductor who began his career after winning the International Competitions of Salzburg and Alexandria. He toured Austria, China, Korea, France, Germany, Japan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain and Switzerland. He is known for acclaimed productions of ""Madama Butterfly"" at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, and at the Opéra Bastille in Paris in January 2006, as well as Georges Bizet's ""The Pearl Fishers"" in New Delhi. Balderi has studied numerous"
"was first performed March 5, 1900, at the Herald Square Theatre in New York City, after the curtain raiser ""Naughty Anthony"". The play was written and produced by David Belasco, with scenic design by Ernest Gros. Madame Butterfly (play) Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan is a play in one act by David Belasco adapted from John Luther Long's 1898 short story ""Madame Butterfly"". It premiered on March 5, 1900, at the Herald Square Theatre in New York City and became one of Belasco's most famous works. The play and Long's short story served as the basis for the libretto"
"""Il piccolo Marat"" and ""Iris"", and Nedda in Leoncavallo's ""Pagliacci"". Though essentially a lyric soprano, she occasionally sang a few spinto Verdi roles such as Leonora and Aida, and also Giordano's Maddalena and Fedora. She retired from the stage in 1946, and turned to teaching. Among her pupils was British soprano Amy Shuard. Pampanini died in Rovigo, aged 76. Rosetta Pampanini Rosetta Pampanini (2 September 1896 – 2 August 1973) was an Italian soprano, particularly associated with Puccini roles, especially Madama Butterfly. Pampanini was born in Milan. She began singing as a child, and later studied with Emma Malajoli. She"
"alla Scala in Milan, as Madama Butterfly, in 1925, and appeared there until 1937. Afterwards she began singing at all the major opera houses of Europe; the Monte Carlo Opera in 1927, the Royal Opera House in London, from 1928 to 1933, the Liceu in Barcelona and the Vienna State Opera in 1930, the Lyric Opera of Chicago from 1931 to 1932, and the Paris Opéra in 1935. She also appeared in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. A great Puccini interpreter, especially as Madama Butterfly, she also sang ""Manon Lescaut"", ""La bohème"", ""Tosca"", and Liu in ""Turandot"", also Mascagni's"
"Marco Balderi Marco Balderi is an Italian orchestra conductor who began his career after winning the International Competitions of Salzburg and Alexandria. He toured Austria, China, Korea, France, Germany, Japan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain and Switzerland. He is known for acclaimed productions of ""Madama Butterfly"" at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, and at the Opéra Bastille in Paris in January 2006, as well as Georges Bizet's ""The Pearl Fishers"" in New Delhi. Balderi has studied numerous symphonic works, including all the symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Schumann, and over 200 operas, forty of which he has conducted. He"
"Toti Dal Monte Antonietta Meneghel (27 June 189326 January 1975), better known by her stage name Toti Dal Monte, was a celebrated Italian operatic soprano. She may be best remembered today for her performance as Cio-cio-san in Puccini's ""Madama Butterfly"", having recorded this role complete in 1939 with Beniamino Gigli as Pinkerton. Born in Mogliano Veneto, in the Province of Treviso, she made her debut at La Scala at the age of 23 as Biancofiore in Zandonai's ""Francesca da Rimini"". She was an immediate success, and her clear ‘nightingale-like’ voice came to be highly appreciated throughout the world. Her best-known"
"Dina Kuznetsova Dina Kuznetsova is an American lyric dramatic operatic soprano of Russian descent who has appeared in leading roles on the stages of international opera houses from New York to Sydney. She has focused on Italian and Slavic repertoires. Her signature roles include Tatyana in Tchaikovsky's ""Eugene Onegin"", Desdemona in Verdi's ""Otello"", Cio-Cio San in ""Madama Butterfly"" by Puccini, the title role in Dvořák's ""Rusalka"", and Kátya in ""Kátya Kabanová"" by Janáček. Dina Kuznetsova was born in Moscow, Soviet Union. As a child she sang in Britten's opera for children, ""Let's Make An Opera"", at the Moscow Chamber Musical"
"Puccini's Madama Butterfly. She was also chosen to sing Cio Cio San in the Italian production of Madama Butterfly which celebrated the centenary of the opera's first performance and which was seen throughout Italy. She was the first Chinese soprano to assume the Verdian role of Aida, she debuted this role in Vienna (2008), New York (2010), and Chicago (2012). She has remained associated with this role and has recorded it twice on video. She is also known for singing the title role in Puccini's opera Tosca, which brought her her first major breakthrough in European opera houses. Her operatic"
"Shi Pei Pu Shi Pei Pu (; 21 December 1938 – June 30, 2009) was a Chinese opera singer from Beijing. He became a spy who obtained secrets from Bernard Boursicot, an employee in the French embassy, during a 20-year-long sexual affair in which the performer convinced the man that he was a woman. He claimed to have had a child that he insisted had been born through their relations. The story made headlines in France when the facts were revealed. The affair inspired American David Henry Hwang's play ""M. Butterfly"" (1988), which was produced on Broadway. It was adapted"
"Opera (""Madama Butterfly""), Lyric Opera of Chicago (""Madama Butterfly""), Teatro Massimo in Palermo (""Tosca""), Opéra de Montréal (""Aïda""), Dallas Opera (""Pagliacci""), Savonlinna Opera Festival (""Aïda""), Deutsche Oper Berlin (""Aïda""), Arena di Verona (""Aïda""), Teatro Filarmonico in Verona (""Madama Butterfly""), Athens International Festival (""Aïda""), Municipal Theater of Santiago (""Eugene Onegin""), Opéra de Nice (""Pagliacci""), Teatro di San Carlo (""Madama Butterfly""), Ludwigshafen Festival (""Madama Butterfly""), Cleveland Opera (""Aïda""), Opera de Puerto Rico (""Madama Butterfly""), Calgary Opera (""Manon Lescaut""), Connecticut Grand Opera (""Aïda"" and ""Tosca""), San Francisco Opera (""Tosca""), Florentine Opera (""Manon Lescaut""), Opera/Columbus (""Don Carlos""), Nashville Opera (""Pagliacci""), and New Jersey State"
"Mario Lanfranchi Mario Lanfranchi (born Parma, Italy, June 30, 1927) is an Italian film, theatre and television director, screenwriter, producer, collector and actor. After receiving a degree at the Drama Academy (Accademia dei Filodrammatici) of Milan in the early 1950s, he was hired by Sergio Pugliese at RAI, at the onset of Italian television. He was the first to bring opera to the small screen, in 1956, with ""Madama Butterfly"", by Giacomo Puccini, which introduced to a wide public Anna Moffo, at that time an unknown American soprano, who became his wife for 17 years. In 1967 he began his"
"Le papillon (ballet) Le papillon (The Butterfly) is a 'fantastic ballet' in two acts (four scenes) of 1860, with choreography by Marie Taglioni and music by Jacques Offenbach to a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges. ""Le papillon"" was first presented by the Paris Opera Ballet at the Salle Le Peletier on November 26, 1860 after a performance of ""Lucie de Lammermoor"". The principal dancers were Emma Livry (Farfalla/the Butterfly), Louis Mérante (Prince Djalma), Louise Marquet (Fairy Hamza), and Mme. Simon (Diamond Fairy). The ""Valse des rayons"" from the second scene of Act 1 was re-used by Offenbach in the"
"Browning Mummery (tenor) Joseph Browning Mummery (12 July 188816 March 1974), was an Australian opera tenor of the 1920s and 1930s who achieved a considerable reputation in Europe as well as Australia. Mummery was born in Carlton, Melbourne. His first tutor, when he was a boy, was the Italian baritone A. C. Bartleman. In 1920, his operatic career began when he was accepted into the Gonzales Opera Company. Throughout his career he played lyrical leading roles in a host of operas, including ""Madama Butterfly"", ""The Magic Flute"", ""La bohème"" and ""Tosca"" which was one of his favorites. He sang with"
"Butterfly (Danyel Gerard song) ""Butterfly"" is a pop song, written and recorded by the French singer-songwriter, Danyel Gérard (born Gerard Daniel Khertakian, 7 March 1939, Paris) in the late 1960s. It was initially a hit in the French language. In the early 1970s English language words were written, and Gerard recorded it again in the United States. In 1971 he also did German, Spanish and Italian versions. ""Butterfly"" was a very popular song internationally, selling over seven million copies. Many other musicians recorded it, both in instrumental and vocal versions. In the U.S., that list included Eydie Gormé, Goldie Hawn"
"Giovanni Zenatello Giovanni Zenatello (22 February 1876 – 11 February 1949) was an Italian opera singer. Born in Verona, he enjoyed an international career as a dramatic tenor of the first rank. Otello became his most famous operatic role but he sang a wide repertoire. In 1904, he created the part of Pinkerton in ""Madama Butterfly"". Zenatello showed musical promise from a young age. His singing teacher in Verona originally trained him as a baritone but he never felt comfortable in this range and later switched to the higher tenor register. Nonetheless, it was as a baritone that he made"
"Un bel dì vedremo """" (""One fine day we'll see"") is a soprano aria from the opera ""Madama Butterfly"" (1904) by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is sung by Cio-Cio San/Madama Butterfly (on stage with Suzuki), as she imagines the return of her absent love, Pinkerton. ""Un bel dì vedremo"" is the opera's most famous aria and one of the most popular pieces in the soprano repertoire. Three years after her marriage to U.S. naval officer named Pinkerton, Cio-Cio San (""Butterfly"") awaits the return of her long-absent husband to Japan. Her maid, Suzuki,"