here's a link to the Metropolitan Opera's website. It has a great overview of Madama Butterfly.

http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=8

In August, I will be in Puccini's Madama Butterfly. I am just in the chorus, but I am excited to be in a real opera. I look forward to learning a lot. For more info, go the Montana Lyric Opera company website:

www.mtopera.org