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Madama Butterfly - Berkeley
Sunday, Apr 22, 2012 2:00p
Hillside Club
Berkeley,
CA
Puccini's deeply passionate and sublime masterpiece tells the story of an American serviceman who lusts after a Japanese girl and marries her, only to leave her. Pregnant and banished from her people for abandoning her ancestral religion, Butterfly pines for her love's return. He does return, but only to humiliate and betray her beyond what can be endured. The finale of Butterfly rivals King Lear and Phaedra in its horror and intensity.
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Madama Butterfly
A lovely geisha’s heart flutters for Pinkerton, the American sailor she weds. Even after three years without a word from him, Madama Butterfly faithfully awaits his return, holding onto her dreams of love and their child she named Sorrow....
A lovely geisha’s heart flutters for Pinkerton, the American sailor she weds. Even after three years without a word from him, Madama Butterfly faithfully awaits his return, holding onto her dreams of love and their child she named Sorrow....
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