Madama Butterfly_ Un bel di  蝴蝶夫人(彩虹螳螂)

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madama_Butterfly

Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two acts) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. The opera was based in part on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther Long—which was turned into a play by David Belasco—and also on the novel Madame Chrysanthème (1887) by Pierre Loti.

The two-act version of the opera premiered on February 17, 1904, at La Scala in Milan. It was very poorly received despite the presence of such notable singers as soprano Rosina Storchio, tenor Giovanni Zenatello and baritone Giuseppe De Luca in the lead roles. On May 28 of that year, a revised version was performed in Brescia. The revision split the disproportionately long second act in two and included some other minor changes. In its new form, Puccini's opera was a huge success; it crossed the Atlantic to the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1907.

The opera is set in the city of Nagasaki and, according to American scholar Arthur Groos, was based on events that actually occurred there in the early 1890s. Japan's best-known opera singer Miura Tamaki won international fame for her performances as Cio-Cio-san and her statue, together with that of Puccini, can be found in Nagasaki's Glover Garden.

Today, the opera is enjoyed in two acts in Italy, while in America the three-act version is more popular. As a staple of the standard operatic repertoire, it appears at Number 1 on Opera America's list of the 20 most-performed operas in North America.

美國排行第一名的歌劇

為什麼？

因為故事是世界大戰時美國軍官與日本女子相戀

但是沒有好結局

女子自殺化作蝴蝶

故事淒美

女高音表現強烈

值得欣賞

浦契尼這個人真是厲害

怎麼能創造這樣優美的音樂

最好聽感人的一段  蝴蝶夫人自殺前的獨白  Un bel di  (溫 貝 第)  美好的一天

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ofaoLKPz7c