* 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 )

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

* Madama Butterfly ( 1904 ) by Giacomo Puccini

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.

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 ).

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

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.

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.

* Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly ( Puccini )

* Goro, Madama Butterfly ( Puccini )

** Gabriele Santini ( conductor ), Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni & the Rome Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly

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

** Erich Leinsdorf ( conductor ), Rosalind Elias, Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly

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

** Lewis W. Layton ( engineer ), Erich Leinsdorf ( conductor ) & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Shortly after, she performed in her first Puccini opera, Madama Butterfly, in Savona and was paid twenty-five thousand lire.

* Puccini ; Madama Butterfly ; Barbirolli.

* Puccini ; Madama Butterfly ; Maazel.

* Puccini ; Madama Butterfly, Adler, San Francisco 1965

* Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Basile

** Erich Leinsdorf ( conductor ), Rosalind Elias, Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly

** Gabriele Santini ( conductor ), Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni & the Rome Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly