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'''Madama Butterfly''' is an opera in three acts (originally two acts) by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Puccini Giacomo Puccini], with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.  Puccini based his opera in part on the short story ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Butterfly_(short_story) Madame Butterfly]'' (1898) by John Luther Long, which was dramatized by David Belasco. Puccini also based it on the novel Madame Chrysanthème (1887) by Pierre Loti.  This opera inspired [[Rivers Cuomo]] during the composition of ''[[Pinkerton]]'', which features a directly-inspired song titled "[[Butterfly]]". Cuomo also named the album after ''Madama Butterfly'' primary character, B.F. Pinkerton. The song "[[El Scorcho]]" directly references the play's plot ("listening to Cio-Cio-san fall in love all over again").

 

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