Madama Butterfly Puccini's ever-popular opera portrays the love of a Japanese girl for an American lieutenant who callously abandons her.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conductor Daniele Gatti
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7.25 The Opera Quiz Thor Eckert xputs listeners' questions to opera buffs
Stephen A Brown , William Livingstone and Evans Mirageas.
7.55 Acts 2 and 3 Texaco supports the Metropolitan Opera Radio Network which is broadcast on R3 through the EBU.