Kabuki, the Japanese Art vs. Puccini´s Madame Butterfly.

Title: Kabuki, the Japanese Art vs. Puccini´s Madame Butterfly.
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Kabuki, the Japanese Art vs. Puccini´s Madame Butterfly.
Lisa Silberhorn 10/27/02 Classical Asian Theatre Dr. Debra Martin Kabuki vs. Puccini 'One fine day' in 1854 an ominous black ship sailed into Nagasaki harbor, prying open the wall that stood between the East and the West. On another 'fine day' in 1904 European audiences saw the premiere of what was to become one of the most beloved operas ever known, using a combination of music from both east and west. Puccini's Madama Butterfly has captivated opera lovers …showed first 75 words of 2871 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2871 total…full fruition. Works Cited Ashbrook, William. The Operas of Puccini. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968. Carner, Mosco. Madam Butterfly. London: Breslich and Foss, 1979. Hughes, Patrick. Famous Puccini Operas. New York : The Citadel Press, 1959. Malm, William P. Japanese Music and Musical Instruments. Ruthland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1959. Van Rij, Jan. Madame Butterfly: Japonisme, Puccini, and the Search for the real Cho-Cho-San. Berkely: Stone Bridge Press, 2001. Willoughby, David. The World of Music. Madison: Brown and Benchmark Publishing, 1996.

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