PREMIERE A Fondazione ,,Pergolesi Spontini” co-production, presented under the high patronage of Italian Embassy Opera in three acts (libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, after David Belasco, John Luther Long and Pierre Loti) Recommended Age: 5+ It was London in 1900 where Giacomo Puccini – who was supervising the Covent Garden production of his recent opera Tosca – was profoundly marked after seing David Belasco’s play Madama Butterfly. The ...