* 1904 – Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.

They remained with Puccini for his next three operas and probably his greatest successes: La bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly.

The original version of Madama Butterfly, premiered at La Scala on February 17, 1904, was initially greeted with great hostility ( probably largely owing to inadequate rehearsals ).

* Madama Butterfly, libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa ( in two acts – premiered at La Scala, 17 February 1904 )

This was a style introduced by Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Ruggiero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci that came virtually to dominate the world's opera stages with such popular works as Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly.

The Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini used an extract of melody to write the aria " Ovunque al mondo ... ", in 1904 for his work Madama Butterfly.

In 2007, he designed stage and costumes for Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the Festival Puccini 2007 in Torre del Lago.

Madama Butterfly (" Madam Butterfly ").

See Madama Butterfly discography.

* 1974: Madama Butterfly, a German television adaptation of the opera starring Mirella Freni and Plácido Domingo, directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.

* 1989: The Broadway and West End musical Miss Saigon was, in part, based on Madama Butterfly.

* 2004: On the 100th anniversary of Madama Butterfly, Shigeaki Saegusa composed Jr. Butterfly to a libretto by Masahiko Shimada.

* 2008: New York City Opera's Live from Lincoln Center telecast of its production of Madama Butterfly, directed by Mark Lamos, wins a Primetime Emmy Award.

Madama Butterfly record insert, 1952.

* OPERA America's Online Learning Course on Puccini's Madama Butterfly

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* 1904: Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini

* Giacomo Puccini — Madama Butterfly ( 1904 )

Giacomo Puccini also made use of the same tune in his opera Madama Butterfly in 1904.

As with Madama Butterfly, Puccini strove for a semblance of Asian authenticity ( at least to Western ears ) by using music from the region in question.

He also designed some of the decoration for the Villa Madama, the work in both villas being executed by his workshop.

Lastly, " OperaAction ", the " Youth Education Program " established a program of events, including three Youth performances of Puccini's Madama Butterfly and, in 1986, Winds of the Solstice, an original youth opera created by 70 students working on libretto, music, choreography and orchestration and presented at the Sydney Opera House.

The most prominent verismo baritones included such major singers in Europe and America as the polished Giuseppe De Luca ( the first Sharpless in Madama Butterfly ), Mario Sammarco ( the first Gerard in Andrea Chénier ), Eugenio Giraldoni ( the first Scarpia in Tosca ), Pasquale Amato ( the first Rance in La fanciulla del West ), Riccardo Stracciari ( noted for his richly attractive timbre ) and Domenico Viglione-Borghesi, whose voice was exceeded in size only by that of the lion-voiced Titta Ruffo.

He made his operatic debut directing Gounod's Roméo et Juliette at Newcastle, followed within days by performances of Aida and Madama Butterfly.

While shooting the Madama Butterfly scene in the film, Lanza kept attempting to french kiss Grayson, which Grayson claimed was made even worse by the fact that Lanza would constantly eat garlic before shooting.

At the Villa Madama, in the garden facing the loggia, the Elephant Fountain designed by Giovanni da Udine depicts " Annone ", whose tomb was designed by Raphael himself.

Gelb began his tenure by opening the 2006-2007 season with a colorful and highly stylized production of Madama Butterfly by the English director Anthony Minghella originally staged for English National Opera.

** Marvin Schwartz ( art director ) for Puccini: Madama Butterfly performed by the Rome Opera Orchestra conducted by Gabriele Santini

** Robert M. Jones ( art director ) for Puccini: Madama Butterfly conducted by Erich Leinsdorf

The Villa Madama, the design of which, attributed to Raphael and carried out by Giulio Romano in 1520, was one of the most influential private houses ever built ; elements derived from Villa Madama appeared in villas through the 19th century.

The small Grotto of Madama, and the Large Grotto, were begun by Vasari and completed by Ammannati and Buontalenti between 1583 and 1593.

This scene is accompanied by the aria " Un bel Dì ", the suicide scene from Madama Butterfly ( Puccini ).

Lucca is the birthplace of composers Giacomo Puccini ( La Bohème and Madama Butterfly ), Nicalao Dorati, Francesco Geminiani, Gioseffo Guami, Luigi Boccherini, and Alfredo Catalani.

The play is a deconstruction of Giacomo Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly.

* Abraham Lincoln, B. F. Pinkerton's ship in Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly

In " Identity Crisis ", murderer Nelson Brenner ( Patrick McGoohan ) bugs Columbo's home and learns Mrs. Columbo's favorite piece of music is Madama Butterfly from Giacomo Puccini.

She appeared in the first Met performance of Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly in 1907 and remained a member of the company until her retirement in 1922, singing 29 roles there in nearly 500 performances.

* YouTube-Enrico Caruso & Geraldine Farrar-Vogliatemi Bene Geraldine Farrar and tenor Enrico Caruso sing Giacomo Puccini's Vogliatemi Bene from Madama Butterfly

The production of the play caught the attention of Giacomo Puccini, who would compose the immortal opera Madama Butterfly to a libretto based on Belasco's play and Long's short story.

* Madama Butterfly ( Giacomo Puccini ): Tullio Serafin conducting the Orchestra dell ' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, with Carlo Bergonzi, Fiorenza Cossotto, Enzo Sordello.

Bergonzi as Pinkerton from Giacomo Puccini | Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

** CioCio-san, Madama Butterfly ( Giacomo Puccini )

** Suzuki, Madama Butterfly ( Giacomo Puccini )

With enthusiasm the local administrators allowed him to offer new extraordinary contracts: Giuseppe Verdi's Otello ( with Del Monaco and Protty ), Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly ( with Antonietta Stella and Nicola ruggeri ).

He also wrote the librettos used by Giacomo Puccini in La bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly in conjunction with Luigi Illica.

Her other roles at the Met during these thirteen years included Aida, Amelia in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, Cio-Cio-San in Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Elvira in Verdi's Ernani, Lady Macbeth in Verdi's Macbeth, Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore, Leonora in Verdi's La forza del destino, Liù in Puccini's Turandot, Maddalena in Umberto Giordano's Andrea Chénier, Santuzza in Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana, and the title role in Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda among others.