In the meantime, Sharpless gives up trying to read Pinkerton ’ s letter to Butterfly, and he puts the letter back in his pocket.

So the sisters return to the farm, and Minerva soon meets and falls in love with Virgilio (" Lio ") a member of the resistance, who gives her the nickname " Butterfly ".

Pinkerton tells Goro to bring Butterfly to him.

Goro whispers to Pinkerton that the case contains a " gift " from the Mikado to Butterfly ’ s father, inviting him to commit seppuku.

He stands over Butterfly, shouting his curses at her, when Pinkerton intervenes to stop him.

The Bonze is shocked at the American, and he orders all the guests to leave with him, saying to Butterfly, " You have renounced us, and we renounce you.

Pinkerton watches Butterfly, as she watches him, but her happiness is tempered, as " still the angry voice curses me.

" Without looking to see who is speaking, Butterfly corrects him, " Madam Pinkerton, please.

" Butterfly asks him, " When do the robins make their nests in America?

Butterfly sees Yamadori and asks him if he is not going to give up pursuing her, because " You have already had many different wives.

" When Goro tries to tell her about the Japanese law of marriage, Butterfly interrupts and tells him that the Japanese law is not the law of her country, the United States.

" Butterfly looks at Suzuki and says, " I don ’ t remember him?

Butterfly is upset with Sharpless and instructs Suzuki to show him out.

As he begins to leave, Butterfly stops him, apologizes for her anger, and explains that his questions have hurt her " so very, very much!

" Butterfly kneels in front of her son and asks him, " Do you know that that gentleman had dared to think that your mother would take you in her arms and walk to town, through the wind and rain, to earn your bread and clothes.

Sharpless asks the child his name, and Butterfly answers for him, " Today my name is Sorrow.

In a rage, Butterfly runs to the shrine, seizes the dagger and threatens to stab him, " You are lying!

Suzuki tells him that, for the last three years, Butterfly has studied every ship that entered the port.

It premiered at the Second Stage Theatre in New York and, though not a success, did prepare him for his work on his best-known play, M. Butterfly, for which he won a Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award, the John Gassner Award, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play.

His best known songs include Old House at Home, I'd be a Butterfly, Oh, no, we never mention him, She wore a Wreath of Roses, The Mistletoe Bough, and Long, Long Ago.

She invited him home to live with her and her family, and the two began to write songs based on Schoenfeld's experiences they eventually worked into a plot boasting elements of Annie, Madame Butterfly, Movin ' Out, Rent, and every fairy tale that ever ended happily ever after.

This fact, combined with a warm reception to his guest appearance at Roger Glover's Butterfly Ball live show at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on October 16th 1975 ( he sang " Sitting in a Dream " as a substitute for Ronnie James Dio, who was banned by Ritchie Blackmore to take part in it ) prompted him to resume a singing career and form a new band.

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 ).

: Panther ( Lazuli calls him Butterfly ) is one of the twelve guardians, depicted as a lean, beautiful man with long black hair, a hieroglyph on his forehead, and an exotic wardrobe.

Pinkerton admits to Sharpless that he does not know whether he is really in love or just infatuated, but he is bewitched with Butterfly ’ s innocence, charm and beauty, like a butterfly fluttering around and then landing with silent grace, so beautiful " that I must have her, even though I injure her butterfly wings ".

Sharpless tells Pinkerton that he heard Butterfly speak, when she visited the Consulate, and he asks Pinkerton not to pluck off her delicate wings.

Butterfly can be heard guiding her friends to the top of the hill, jubilantly telling them that " Over land and sea, there floats the joyful breath of spring.

" Butterfly and her friends enter the garden.

Butterfly greets Pinkerton, who asks about her difficult climb up the hill.

Butterfly tells Pinkerton and Sharpless that her family is from Nagasaki and was once very wealthy.

Butterfly greets her relatives, who have arrived for the wedding.

Meanwhile, Butterfly tells her relatives how much she loves Pinkerton.

Butterfly ’ s relatives say that he ’ s like a king, so rich and so handsome, and then, at a sign from Butterfly, all her friends and relatives bow to Pinkerton and walk out to the garden.

Pinkerton takes Butterfly ’ s hand and leads her into the house.

From her sleeve, Butterfly brings out to show Pinkerton all of her treasures, which include only a few handkerchiefs, a mirror, a sash, and other trinkets.

Butterfly continues to show Pinkerton her other little treasures, including several little statues: " They are the spirits of my ancestors.

Butterfly tells Pinkerton that yesterday, in secret and without telling her uncle, who is a Buddhist priest, the Bonze, she went to the Consulate, where she abandoned her ancestral religion and converted to Pinkerton ’ s religion.

" Butterfly ’ s uncle, the Bonze, has discovered that Butterfly has renounced her ancestral religion, and he has arrived to deliver his curse.

" Butterfly smiles through her tears, " You mean that?

Then Suzuki helps Butterfly dress for her wedding night.

) Pinkerton admires the beautiful Butterfly and tells her, " you have not yet told me that you love me.

Butterfly hears and tells her that the Japanese gods are fat and lazy, and that the American God will answer quickly, if only He knows where they are living.