Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)
T0960403161
An American naval officer (Pinkerton) 'acquires' a 15 year old Geisha wife during a stay in Japan - but has no intention of staying with her. After a while he returns to the USA and marries his fiancee. Meanwhile, Butterfly waits for him for three years, cut off from her family, religion and culture by being an American wife. And she is now a mother. When he finally returns she is overjoyed, but he brings with him his new wife. Story originally published in a magazine.
Archive :: production:T0960403161, opera or operetta:S2007, venue:V235
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(Bangok Butterfly)
MADAM BUTTERFLY is transplanted to present-day Bangkok for this radical reinterpretation of Puccini's masterpiece. This brand new English translation portrays Pinkerton as an American Airlines pilot and Butterfly as a Thai prostitute.
