Last in a series of dramas that tell the stories behind the songs.
With Inre Ove as Butterfly. It is 1904 and on a hill high above Nagasaki, an American naval officer is preparing to marry a young Japanese girl.
Dramatised by Catherine Czerkawska from the original story by John Luther Long.
The music, based on Puccini's opera, is composed by Mia Soteriou and performed by Mia Soteriou on piano and William Lyons on reed flute. Director Tracey Neale
Madama Butterfly Live from the Met is on Radio 3 at 6.30pm