Madama Butterfly Premieres at La Scala: Puccini Gets Booed
Puccini's *Madama Butterfly* opens at La Scala to a hostile audience that boos the premiere into silence, yet the work survives a swift revision to become one of opera's most enduring tragedies. This initial failure forced Puccini to cut nearly an hour of music and restructure the second act, ultimately shaping the intimate, heartbreaking narrative we recognize today.
February 17, 1904
122 years ago
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