Madama Butterfly

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:action 3
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:1932_film_by_Marion_Gering
gptkb:1995_film_by_Frédéric_Mitterrand
gptkbp:category 1904 operas
Italian-language operas
operas by Giacomo Puccini
operas set in Japan
tragic operas
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Giacomo_Puccini
gptkbp:duration about 2.5 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformer_CioCioSan gptkb:Rosina_Storchio
gptkbp:firstPerformer_Pinkerton gptkb:Giovanni_Zenatello
gptkbp:firstPerformer_Sharpless gptkb:Giuseppe_De_Luca
gptkbp:firstPerformer_Suzuki gptkb:Giuseppina_Giaconia
gptkbp:genre verismo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Madama Butterfly
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Miss_Saigon
gptkbp:influencedBy Japanese folklore
gptkbp:language gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Giuseppe_Giacosa
gptkb:Luigi_Illica
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Cio-Cio-San
gptkb:Pinkerton
gptkb:Sharpless
gptkb:Suzuki
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Addio,_fiorito_asil
gptkb:Un_bel_dì_vedremo
Vogliatemi bene
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera,_1907
gptkb:Royal_Opera_House,_Covent_Garden
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Maria_Callas_(EMI,_1955)
gptkb:Mirella_Freni_(Decca,_1974)
gptkb:Renata_Scotto_(EMI,_1966)
gptkbp:orchestration full orchestra
gptkbp:premiereDate 1904-02-17
1904-05-28
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Teatro_alla_Scala,_Milan
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Casa_Ricordi
gptkbp:revisedPremierePlace gptkb:Teatro_Grande,_Brescia
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Nagasaki,_Japan
gptkbp:source play by David Belasco
short story by John Luther Long
gptkbp:subjectOf numerous scholarly articles
numerous stage productions worldwide
gptkbp:theme gptkb:sacrifice
betrayal
tragedy
cross-cultural romance
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Opera_House
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4