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Puccini's "Madama Butterfly"
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Puccini's_"Madama_Butterfly"
GPTKB entity
Statements (42)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn
play by David Belasco
short story by John Luther Long
gptkbp:category
opera by Giacomo Puccini
opera set in Japan
opera premiered in 1904
gptkbp:composer
gptkb:Giacomo_Puccini
gptkbp:duration
about 2.5 hours
gptkbp:genre
verismo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Puccini's "Madama Butterfly"
gptkbp:language
gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:librettist
gptkb:Giuseppe_Giacosa
gptkb:Luigi_Illica
gptkbp:mainCharacter
gptkb:Pinkerton
gptkb:Sharpless
gptkb:Cio-Cio-San_(Madama_Butterfly)
gptkb:Suzuki
gptkbp:notableAria
gptkb:Addio,_fiorito_asil
gptkb:Un_bel_dì_vedremo
Vogliatemi bene
gptkbp:notableProduction
gptkb:Anthony_Minghella's_production,_English_National_Opera
gptkb:Franco_Zeffirelli's_production,_Metropolitan_Opera
gptkbp:notableRecording
Maria Callas (soprano), 1955
Mirella Freni (soprano), 1974
Renata Scotto (soprano), 1978
gptkbp:numberOfActs
3
gptkbp:operaNumber
6
gptkbp:originalTitle
gptkb:Madama_Butterfly
gptkbp:period
early 20th century
gptkbp:premiereDate
1904-02-17
1904-05-28
gptkbp:premiereLocation
gptkb:Teatro_Grande,_Brescia
gptkb:Teatro_alla_Scala,_Milan
gptkbp:publisher
gptkb:Casa_Ricordi
gptkbp:setting
gptkb:Nagasaki,_Japan
gptkbp:structure
three acts (originally two)
gptkbp:theme
betrayal
love
tragedy
cultural clash
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Teatro_alla_Scala,_Milan
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6