Puccini sketched the score from 1901 and completed multiple versions in 1904–07, in an originally two-act (later expanded to three) structure. The score mixes Puccini’s late-Romantic lyricism with exoticising Japanese color, intimate domestic scenes and sweeping orchestral moments. Though Puccini reworked the piece repeatedly, the “standard” version that most companies perform stems from revisions completed… Continue reading Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
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