A Biography of Madame Butterfly
by
Brian Burke-Gaffney
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly has enjoyed tremendous popularity in Europe and America since its debut in 1904. It has also inspired a global-level debate about whether the tragic heroine of the opera, Cho-Cho-san, was based on a real-life model.
Starcrossed looks at this controversy...