https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=679&v=3stgof-xyN0&feature=emb_titleView the video of Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly. Read the synopsis of the story told through the music. (Link provided below)http://www.columbia.edu/itc/music/opera/butterfly/synopsis.htmlAnswer the questionsAct I1. Why is Navy Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton in Japan? What are his intentions with “Butterfly”?2. What do you notice about the style or attitude with which he sings in the opening of Act I? How does it support his intentions as you described above?3. When Butterfly tells Pinkerton about why she became a geisha, describe the singing and the music.4. When he is showing her their new house, which of her possessions does she hesitate to show Pinkerton? What does it signify and how does the music suddenly change as she clutches it?5. What does she reveal to him about her religion? How does the music shift to support this revelation?6. As the wedding ceremony begins, do you hear a familiar melody sung by the officiant as he introduces Pinkerton and where he is from, a tune associated with the USA? What is it and how does it connect to the scene?7. Who enters as if a ghost and what is his attitude? What is he condemning Butterfly for? How does the music reflect the attitude? What is Pinkerton’s reaction to this character’s intrusion? How does his singing convey his emotion?8. After Butterfly likens herself to the moon goddess, what kind of behavior does the couple engage in? How does the music reflect their emotion?
