the Beijing opera singer Shi Pei Pu. 1989: The West End and Broadway musical Miss Saigon was, in part, based on Madama Butterfly. The story was moved to Vietnam and Thailand and set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and the Fall of Saigon, but the central themes are largely unchanged. 1995: Frédéric Mitterrand directed a film version of the opera, Madame Butterfly, in Tunisia, North Africa, starring Richard Troxell and Chinese singer Ying Huang in the lead roles. 1995: Australian choreographer Stanton Welch created a ballet, inspired by the opera, for The Australian Ballet. 1996: The album Pinkerton by the rock band Weezer was based loosely on the opera. 2004: On the 100th anniversary of Madama Butterfly, Shigeaki Saegusa composed Jr. Butterfly to a libretto by Masahiko Shimada. 2011: Cho cho san, Japanese novel, and TV drama series based on the novel, written by Shinichi Ichikawa. Based on the original opera, the story depicts the sorrowful love and turbulent life of a samurai's daughter who loses her parents at a young age and becomes the apprentice of a geisha, set in the early Meiji era in Nagasaki, Japan. Starring Japanese actress Aoi Miyazaki as Cho Ito (Cho cho san). 2013: Cho Cho, musical drama by Daniel Keene, music by Cheng Jin, set in 1930s Shanghai. References Sources Further reading Burke-Gaffney, Brian, Starcrossed: A Biography of Madame Butterfly, EastBridge, 2004 . Groos, Arthur, "Madame Butterfly: The Story", Cambridge Opera Journal, vol. 3, no. 2 (July 1991) Melitz, Leo, The Opera Goer's Complete Guide, 1921 version, source of the plot. Mezzanotte, Riccardo (ed.), The Simon & Schuster Book of the Opera: A Complete Reference Guide – 1597 to the Present, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. . Osborne, Charles, The Complete Operas of Puccini, New York: Da Capo Press, 1983. Weaver, William, Simonetta Puccini, (eds.), The Puccini Companion, New York: W. W. Norton, 1994. . External links Detailed synopsis New York City Opera Project: Madama Butterfly – Columbia University "Madame Butterfly Turns 100; A Century Ago, Puccini's Tragic Heroine First Took the Stage". NPR Libretto, Stanford University John Luther Long, Madame Butterfly, the original book Full piano vocal score, William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University School of Music , Renata Tebaldi sings "Un bel dì, vedremo" 1904 operas Fiction set in 1904 Operas set in the 20th century Italian-language operas Nagasaki in fiction Japan in non-Japanese culture Opera