Madama Butterfly (The Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series) by Burton D. Fisher, Giacomo Puccini

By Burton D. Fisher, Giacomo Puccini

A whole consultant to Puccini's Madama Butterfly such as the important Characters within the Opera, the tale Synopsis, a narrative Narrative with one-bar track spotlight examples, and an essay delivering heritage in regards to the opera and its composer, research, and insightful and exciting statement.

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A door opens and Suzuki pushes the child towards Butterfly. Butterfly drops the dagger, and hugs and kisses the baby. Puccini specifically indicates the mood of his score at this very moment: con grande sentimento affanosamente agitato, “With great and agitated feeling,” Puccini’s musical expression of Butterfly’s heartfelt surrender. Butterfly sings a heart-wrenching farewell to her son. In Butterfly’s culture, she was taught how to die, yet Pinkerton taught her how to live and make life sweet.

He is sad, and even senses death filling the air. Pinkerton has now awakened to recognize his sins and selfishness, and begs forgiveness and atonement. Now overcome with emotion, he cannot bear his own guilt any longer, and admits his remorse. Sharpless reminds him that he prophesied this tragedy, but in his arrogance, Pinkerton had been deaf and unheeding to his warnings. Pinkerton’s aria, Addio fiorito asil, “farewell to this bitter and faded asylum of flowers,” was added by Puccini after the debacle of the Butterfly premiere.

Now overcome with emotion, he cannot bear his own guilt any longer, and admits his remorse. Sharpless reminds him that he prophesied this tragedy, but in his arrogance, Pinkerton had been deaf and unheeding to his warnings. Pinkerton’s aria, Addio fiorito asil, “farewell to this bitter and faded asylum of flowers,” was added by Puccini after the debacle of the Butterfly premiere. Addio fiorito asil is a stunning operatic moment: it represents Pinkerton’s grand apology and lament, a moment of transformation in which he admits his grave and fatal errors, concluding that peace will never return to him, and he will always be haunted and tormented by guilt.

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