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Her real name is Cio-Cio-San (from the Japanese word for "butterfly" (蝶々, chōchō, pronounced [tɕoꜜːtɕoː]); -san is a plain honorific). She is a 15-year-old Japanese girl whom he is marrying for convenience, and he intends to leave her once he finds a proper American wife, since Japanese divorce laws are very lenient.
Renata Scotto (24 February 1934 – 16 August 2023) was an Italian soprano, opera director, and voice teacher.Recognised for her sense of style, her musicality, and as a remarkable singer-actress, Scotto is considered to have been one of the preeminent opera singers of her generation.
Toti Dal Monte. Antonietta Meneghel (27 June 1893 – 26 January 1975), better known by her stage name Toti Dal Monte, was a celebrated Italian operatic lyric 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.
Madama Butterfly: Cio-Cio San Turandot: Liu Tosca: Floria Tosca Manon Lescaut: Manon Lescaut Richard Wagner: Rienzi: Irene Francesco Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur: Adriana Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux: Elisabetta Charles Gounod: Faust: Marguerite Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci: Nedda Jules Massenet: Manon: Manon Lescaut Alfredo Catalani: La ...
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.
Rosetta Pampanini (2 September 1896 – 2 August 1973) was an Italian lyric soprano, particularly associated with Puccini roles, especially Madama Butterfly. Biography [ edit ]
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 Beijing opera singer. The play premiered on Broadway in 1988 and won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Play.
Davis was sometimes known as "The Butterfly", "Madam Butterfly" or "China Doll." [2] [4] [5] Davis was featured in several issues of Right On! magazine, and had a monthly column in Rock & Soul magazine. [8] She danced on the music performance show American Bandstand and appeared on the television show The Dating Game. [8]