Madama Butterfly in Full Score Puccini GiacomoPaperback
When Puccini was inspired to write "Madama Butterfly," he was at the peak of his fame, idolized as the composer of three great operatic successes, "Manon Lescaut," "La Boheme," and "Tosca." His…
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When Puccini was inspired to write "Madama Butterfly," he was at the peak of his fame, idolized as the composer of three great operatic successes, "Manon Lescaut," "La Boheme," and "Tosca." His inspiration was a London production of David Belasco's American play "Madam Butterfly," in whose poignant love story Puccini saw the elements that invariably drew his interest as a composer: a strong theatrical situation involving a heroine in distress.With his librettists Illica and Giacosa, Puccini began work on "Madama Butterfly" in 1902. The opera received its first production at La Scala in Milan in 1904, but it was not until the following year that its golden future would become apparent. A Covent Garden production featuring two of the greatest singers of the day in the leading roles Emmy Destinn as Butterfly and Enrico Caruso as Pinkerton brought London to its feet. When, a year later,