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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.
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 ...
Albanese as Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Licia Albanese (July 22, 1909 [1] – August 15, 2014) was an Italian-born American operatic soprano. [2] Noted especially for her portrayals of the lyric heroines of Verdi and Puccini, Albanese was a leading artist with the Metropolitan Opera from 1940 to 1966.
Susan O'Neill, AM (born 2 August 1973) is an Australian former competitive swimmer from Brisbane, Queensland, nicknamed "Madame Butterfly". She achieved eight Olympic Games medals during her swimming career.
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Oprah Winfrey is a household name,but it turns out "Oprah" is not her real name. A little known fact about the 61-year-old media mogul -- her family wanted to give her a Biblical name, so they ...
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.
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