The protagonist is initially denounced by her uncle the Bonze and later refuses Sharpless's advice that she marry Prince Yamadori.
The first act of this opera concludes with the duet Viene la sera, and the theme of robins building their nests is recalled prior to the aria Un bel di vedremo. The protagonist is initially denounced by her uncle the Bonze and later refuses Sharpless's advice that she marry Prince Yamadori. At the opera's close, she stabs herself behind a screen with her father's dagger after meeting her husband's American wife Kate. For 10 points, name this opera in which Lieutenant Pinkerton abandons the title character Cio-Cio-San, a work of Giacomo Puccini.
The first act of this opera concludes with the duet Viene la sera, and the theme of robins building their nests is recalled prior to the aria Un bel di vedremo.
Madame Butterfly