Madame Butterfly

noun

1. an opera (1904) by Giacomo Puccini.

Madame Butterfly

1. An opera by Giacomo Puccini . The title character , a Japanese woman, is betrothed to an American naval officer stationed in Japan . He leaves for the United States, promising to return, but comes back three years later married to an American woman. Butterfly, disgraced, stabs herself; the officer begs her forgiveness, and she dies in his arms.

Example Sentences

Los Angeles Opera opens its fall season with a production of Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly” that sets the story on a 1930s Hollywood film set.

From Los Angeles Times

Madame Butterfly, first won hearts in an 1898 short story by an American lawyer, then in a Broadway play two years later before becoming immortal thanks to Puccini’s 1904 Italian opera.

From Los Angeles Times

I don’t know how many times I’ve seen “Madame Butterfly” onstage, and I think I’ve seen all the “Butterfly” films.

From Los Angeles Times

In updating “Madame Butterfly” to a 1930s Hollywood soundstage on which Puccini’s opera is being filmed, Los Angeles Opera has made Hays’ don’t an urgent do.

From Los Angeles Times

“I could give you the libretto to ‘Madame Butterfly,’” he said.

From Seattle Times