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    Madam Butterfly: gorgeous pictures of the production set in a Japanese water garden

    Madam Butterfly at the Royal Albert Hall

    14. 20th century setting

    Puccini's opera is set in Japan in the early 20th century and was first performed in Milan in 1904. Credit: Paul Sanders/Royal Albert Hall/Raymond Gubbay Ltd

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