Show I C 1 I j. j N 1 S II 1 ll E F n nI L b J 41 Oi J t 11 A I h 4 II U 11 U I 0 1 n hj 1 NN 1 the late sate composers posers of grand opera L I t I perhaps none has received mor more mort i ithe appreciation from the music lovers lover W of the modern world than Giacom Giacomo cm the Italian HaUan Iam Butterfly the delightful anI an and Pouching opera has been the mos mo most factor In placing Puccini ong the leading operatic composers C 0 of aIn In this musical drama the mu muI mums mu mu- I gems ms which have been so we wet well pled t J to the dramatic scenes and emo emo- 18 p by the players In the stor story Ft t strongest he has yet written anih anI an and ih h is decidedly firm and sure in i I dUng Tg the dramatic situations tha that this o opera ra el he Is Jay lay upon which this opera is p I was as taken aken from Crom the story by David a asco sc r and was produced in 1904 a an all at al l n where It U was war hissed off the stag stage liI Possibly this great un un- un l ty was due to the unfamiliar mese nese but in 1905 when it was pro pro- don the London stage its success Instantaneous and since then it has ha Jl I he e rounds of oC the European an and rican stage and is probably the mos most I in In the modern repertory Ie opening scene of Madam 1 Butters Butter Butter- s laid in the beautiful flower gar gar- of ofa a tiny country countr house among the thc ove ove Nagasaki Japan Lieutenant I ron erton a handsome American nava naval 1 err ef In compan company with the American I are arc Inspecting the tin tiny of a n Japanese house and surround surround- garden which Pinkerton has se select ct- ct I S little Japanese wife voices are heard hearel by the themen men ir in Ini I i garden arden T len as Butterfly the dainty little ii te S and her girl friends as asen ascend end I An amusing scene of greeting f her oriental ceremonies s and nd at- at ml upon festivals follow Collow ale ille these festivals are going on on an Of Butterfly ButterO who Is a priest in a an n temple Interrupts and discovers she abs renounced her Ier own religion customs and adopted those of her 1 lean n husband The angry uncle and curses upon her I s bundled out of oC the house by f r n. n The first act ends with a I I d et of extraordinary beauty hf g tenderness and passion in WhiCh seem to embody all theil the theand il and mystery of the perfumed East- East Ight thE th next act three years has passed the fragile Butterfly with their 2 old md son is deserted and is slowly I iI ber er life UCe away over the absence of I I ver who has returned to his sweet- sweet I 1 I I I with the child and her maid j I Ive In the tiny dovecote among the I I vj blossoms where she valts vaits and I for ies-for the husband who has prom prom- I some day the kindly American consul ne day and tells Butterfly that I Ir r on Is again In the city but this Ii i Thas with him his American wife wire cannot comprehend and maid with songs of gladness theIr lips Ups hasten to decorate the h house use with all aU the beautiful bosi bios blos- i and d plants that she can find to wel- wel h tier her r lover home again puts her prettiest gown on the on-the the theat at he liked best best and and makes herr her- her I r retty and attractive through the and night she and the watch for tor Pinkerton but he does me rae the th next morning Pinkerton and r f f fe go to the little garden and he be his ils' wife in to interview the walt wait walt walt-I I Pinkerton very cold heartedly and tells her that she is Pinkertons Pinkerton's I an wife wire but she is willing to take tae lid and care for It Py with her heart crushed be- be I 8 load of oC anguish and sorrow Co t to this and then steps behind and a nd commits suicide by falling tailing I huge h ge sword fc |