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When and where did Madama Butterfly first premiere?
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Madama Butterfly
Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, 1908.
Madama Butterfly, the renowned opera by Giacomo Puccini, first premiered at La Scala in Milan on February 17, 1904.1
Although the opening night was met with a hostile reception from the audience, Puccini subsequently revised the work. The revised version of the opera achieved great success when it premiered in Brescia, Italy, on May 28, 1904.2