{"product_id":"madama-butterfly-in-full-score-dover-opera-scores-9780486263458","title":"Madama Butterfly in Full Score (Dover Opera Scores)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Puccini was inspired to write Madama Butterfly  he was at the peak of his fame  idolized as the composer of three great operatic successes  Manon Lescaut  La Bohme  and Tosca. His inspiration was a London production of David Belascos American play Madam Butterfly  in whose poignant love story Puccini saw the elements that invariably drew his interest as a composer: a strong theatrical situation involving a heroine in distress. With his librettists Illica and Giacosa  Puccini began work on Madama Butterfly in 1902. The opera received its first production at La Scala in Milan in 1904  but it was not until the following year that its golden future would become apparent. A Covent Garden production featuring two of the greatest singers of the day in the leading roles  Emmy Destinn as Butterfly and Enrico Caruso as Pinkerton  brought London to its feet. When  a year later  it was produced with equal success at the Metropolitan Opera in New York  Madama Butterfly began its long reign as one of the greatest favorites of the operatic repertoire. This finely made full-score edition of Madama Butterfly is reprinted from the authoritative edition originally published by G. Ricordi  Milan. With it  students and lovers of opera can study intimately a masterpiece of the genre  widely admired for its melodic richness and glorious orchestral scoring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953254195253,"sku":"ByrdShop_0486263452","price":35.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780486263458.jpg?v=1788183053","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/madama-butterfly-in-full-score-dover-opera-scores-9780486263458","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}