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Cio-Cio-San and Pinkerton
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4. Cio-Cio-San and Pinkerton
The young, naive Cio-Cio-San charms Pinkerton with her manners and obedience. She's unaware her husband-to-be is reveling in the quaintness of the Japanese marriage contract, which dissolves after a month if the husband leaves his wife. Photo: ENO/Clive Barda
