In this opera, a dinner's toasts are interrupted by an off scene whisper that warns the protagonist of being damned.
In this opera, a dinner's toasts are interrupted by an off scene whisper that warns the protagonist of being damned. One character that rides the USS Abraham talks about buying a house for 999 years, before which the beginning of "The Star- Spangled Banner" was played. That character would meet (*) Sharpless. The Grand Commissioner arrives and finishes up paperwork for the protagonist. She is later helped into a gown by Suzuki after the aria "Night is Falling," but her joy comes to an end when she names her child Sorrow. This is, for 10 points, which opera telling of the relationship between Colonel Pinkerton and Cio-Cio San, by Giacomo Puccini?
In this opera, a dinner's toasts are interrupted by an off scene whisper that warns the protagonist of being damned.
{Madame Butterfly} [or {Madama Butterfly}] [MB]