Later, Butterfly is courted by a Japanese man who realizes that Pinkerton has deserted her. ![]() What is the uncle's name and what bad habit does he reveal? Another of Butterfly's uncles, a Buddhist priest known as the Bonze, rudely interrupts the wedding. There was even a little scene for one of her uncles, who was reduced to a cameo in the final version. Butterfly's relatives had a lot more time onstage in the original version of the opera when they arrived for the marriage ceremony. There are few peripheral characters in Madama Butterfly, but they all add to the opera's color and/or plot. ![]() EXTRA CREDIT: How long does Butterfly have to wait for that "one fine day" when Pinkerton returns?ĮXTRA EXTRA CREDIT: What was the full name that one of Puccini's librettists assigned, for reasons unknown, to Pinkerton in the original version of the opera? (Hint: It is because of this odd name that there remains to this day a mistake in the libretto involving Pinkerton's initials.)Ħ.
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