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Which shipâs arrival makes Cio-Cio-San believe Pinkerton has returned for her?
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Madama Butterfly
Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, 1908.
In the opera Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, Cio-Cio-San believes that her husband, B.F. Pinkerton, has returned for her when she sees his ship, the Abraham Lincoln, arrive in the harbour.1