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Why is Madame Butterfly the masterpiece that best expresses Puccini's spirit? (2)
It is often said that Puccini is best at killing women skillfully. Of course, this refers to the characters in his operas, not the real things in real life. Moscow Kana, a famous Puccini researcher, said in his works that there is a tendency in Puccini's works: the heroine in the play is always tortured. The heroine in his most popular opera Madame Butterfly died because of the pain of the person she loved. This is a lyrical tragedy, which successfully created a pure, loyal and "extraordinarily beautiful" butterfly lady. As a female idolater, Puccini regards the heroine as a model. She has a lofty and faithful belief, and all her actions in her life revolve around this belief. She is pure and timid, weak and strong. Her implicit feelings were intertwined with her strong love for Pinkel, and her final suicide was a great shock. This is an extraordinary figure and a typical Greek classical tragedy. This kind of tragedy transcends society and ethics, so the characters on this opera stage are full of infinite charm, and it is this charm that makes Madame Butterfly an immortal classic handed down from generation to generation and will remain in our hearts forever.

The opera Madame Butterfly is divided into two acts, and the story takes place in Nagasaki in the early Meiji period in Japan. The first scene begins with a beautiful courtyard, which will be the sweet family of Pinkerton and Jojo Sang (Jojo Sang is the transliteration of Madame Butterfly in Japanese). Cherry blossoms are in full bloom in the yard, from which you can clearly see Nagasaki Port. Captain Pinkel of the American Far East Fleet led by pimp Goro appeared, followed by American consul Sharpless, and Pinkel was going to marry the geisha Jojo Sang. After a while, Jojo began to sing and his team appeared. Qiao Qiao Sang's family was originally a gentry. His father committed suicide by caesarean section because he was involved in a case, and his family also declined and became a geisha. When Jojo Sang Heping kelton got married, a monk suddenly broke into the house and publicly accused Jojo Sang of apostasy. This unexpected scene shocked all the guests present, leaving only the tearful Josang and Pinkerton on the stage. Qiaoqiaosang felt abandoned by everyone, but she felt very happy.

Act II Scene 1: Three years later, at Jojo Sang's home. Newly married life is as sweet as honey. However, Pinkel must return to the United States as soon as possible. Before leaving, he promised Qiaoqiaosang to come back before the robin built its nest, but he never came back. He officially married Kate, an American. Joe Johnson knew nothing about Pinkel's betrayal. She raised her and kelton's children, and she and loyal maid Suzuki waited for Pinkel's return. At this time, the pimp took hold of the Duke, and he tried to persuade Jojo Sang to change his tune, but Jojo Sang did not waver. Sharpless suggested that she think about the future and marry the duke. Jojo Sang flew into a rage. Sharpless, who knew the inside story, left sadly. Suddenly gunfire rang out, and the warship sailed into Nagasaki Port. This is the Lincoln on the Pinkel. She planted flowers in the room in a hurry, dressed up beautifully, and refused to wait for her husband's arrival for a nap.

Scene 2: The next day. Qiaoqiaosang, who stayed up all night, ushered in the morning, and Suzuki advised her to go to the bedroom to rest. At this time, Pinkel and Sharpless appeared. Suzuki told them Jojo Sang's expectation and explained that she stayed up all night waiting for her master. Pinkel was ashamed and went outside. Kate, come in. After a while, Qiaoqiaosang appeared. She saw Sharpless and Kate and realized that they had come to have children. She lamented, "Are you going to take everything from me? What a poor mother! " Kate gave her half an hour to hand over the baby. Lonely Jojo Sang knelt in front of the shrine, took out his father's relic-dagger, and pulled out his scabbard. She was about to stab her throat when the child came running. Qiaoqiaosang held the child in her arms, sang the aria "Lovely Baby" and cried goodbye. She gave the child to Suzuki, walked into the screen and stabbed her in the throat with a dagger. At this time, Pinkerton and Sharpless came running. Jojo Sang gestured to Pinkerton and asked him to take care of the children. He died suddenly.

Puccini's Madame Butterfly is adapted from a novel of the same name and based on a true story. Two years after the novel was published, playwright david belasco wanted to change his play because he couldn't stage his own work in new york. He saw that the novel "Madame Butterfly" was very popular, and the sales volume broke the release record, even a single book was published, so he adapted it into a script and put it on the stage, which was a great success. When the play was staged in London, Nelson, then the stage supervisor of Covent Garden Opera House in London, thought Puccini might like this kind of material, so he invited Puccini to watch the performance from Milan to London. Puccini didn't know English, but he immediately took a fancy to the play and decided to adapt it into an opera, so that Ilica and Giacosa could cooperate to rewrite the script. The script was written in the spring of 1902, but due to Puccini's fracture in a car accident, the opera Madame Butterfly didn't premiere in Milan until1February, 904 17. Puccini is full of confidence in this work. Although he never let his family see the premiere of his work, this time he uncharacteristically let his wife and sister watch the performance. Surprisingly, the performance was so bad that whistles and cheers kept the heroine crying. Even so, Puccini is still full of confidence in his work. He told his friends that Mrs. Butterfly is real, will live in people's hearts and will soon become popular. More than three months later, Madame Butterfly was staged in Brescia, London 1905, and later in metropolitan opera. Soon, it became a reserved program of opera houses all over the world.