Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, after the play Madama Butterfly by David Belasco, after a short story by John Luther Long.
Madama Butterfly is one of the most performed operas in the world. The tragic story of the geisha Cio Cio San is told here from a different perspective. Director Mario Gas sets the story in a 1930s movie set. He tells the poignant drama from three simultaneous perspectives for an even more wonderful experience of this Giacomo Puccini classic.