Madame Butterfly

noun

an opera (1904) by Giacomo Puccini.

Madame Butterfly

An opera by Giacomo Puccini . The title character , a Japanese woman, is betrothed to an American naval officer stationed in Japan . He leaves for the United States, promising to return, but comes back three years later married to an American woman. Butterfly, disgraced, stabs herself; the officer begs her forgiveness, and she dies in his arms.

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

The company also showed an unexpected serious side, remounting its production of Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly” sung in English and Japanese.

From

Los Angeles Opera opens its fall season with a production of Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly” that sets the story on a 1930s Hollywood film set.

From

Madame Butterfly, first won hearts in an 1898 short story by an American lawyer, then in a Broadway play two years later before becoming immortal thanks to Puccini’s 1904 Italian opera.

From

I don’t know how many times I’ve seen “Madame Butterfly” onstage, and I think I’ve seen all the “Butterfly” films.

From

In updating “Madame Butterfly” to a 1930s Hollywood soundstage on which Puccini’s opera is being filmed, Los Angeles Opera has made Hays’ don’t an urgent do.

From

Madame Bovary Madang

Browse