NAGASAKI, JAPAN; LATE 19TH CENTURY
ACT I
A house overlooking the harbor
Goro, a marriage broker, introduces Lt. Pinkerton to the home
consul Sharpless arrives and warns Pinkerton not to take his
arrive. Goro answers Pinkerton’s awkward question about the
to curse her for leaving her religion and her family. Pinkerton
instructs the servants to prepare the house for the evening.
ACT II
T
will return one day. Goro and Sharpless arrive. Goro
she refuses to consider the idea. When Goro and the prince
brings in Pinkerton’s son. Deeply distressed, Sharpless leaves.
Pinkerton’s arrival.
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ACT III
The next morning
B
Lt. Pinkerton and his new wife, Kate. They ask Suzuki to
help in securing a future for Pinkerton’s son. Pinkerton, full of
Pinkerton has come. She promises to hand over the child in
points the blade to her throat, Suzuki pushes the child into the
herself and Pinkerton’s voice is heard calling her name.
–KARL W. HESSER
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Madama Butterfly Synopsis
season
Giacomo Puccini