In this opera's opening scene, a matchmaker is showing a naval officer the house that he has purchased for 999 years.
In this opera's opening scene, a matchmaker is showing a naval officer the house that he has purchased for 999 years. During the wedding between the two main characters, the bride's uncle, the Bonze, bursts in and orders all the guests to leave. In one second-act aria, the bride sings about how she will notice "a thread of smoke arising on the sea" and "stay upon the brow of the hillock and wait there" as her husband returns to her home country. This opera uses "The Star-Spangled Banner" as a leitmotif for that husband. In the act after her aria "One fine day", the protagonist covers her child's eyes so it will not see her suicide after her attendant, Suzuki, tells her that Pinkerton has a new wife. FTP, name this opera that features the Japanese girl Cio-Cio San who is jilted by an American officer, by Giacomo Puccini.
In this opera's opening scene, a matchmaker is showing a naval officer the house that he has purchased for 999 years.
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