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Puccini's Madama Butterfly: a beginner's guide
American consul Sharpless returns, but is interrupted by Prince Yamadori, Cio-Cio-San's wealthy suitor. He argues she should marry him because she is divorced under Japanese law, now her husband has left, but she refuses. Japanese law, she protests, doesn't apply to her because she's now an American woman. Photo: ENO/Clive Barda