Imagine you are a newspaper reporter working in Milan, Italy in 1904, and the failed premiere of Puccini’s opera has just taken place. Read
Imagine you are a newspaper reporter working in Milan, Italy in 1904, and the failed premiere of Puccini’s opera has just taken place. Read the newspaper headlines from the list below, and choose the one you feel best represents the core issues of this show.
A Culture Clash Full of Stereotypes: Puccini’s New Opera Fails Cultures Collide, and with Disastrous Results….For Puccini An Exotic Journey through Doomed Love is Misunderstood by La Scala’s Fickle Audience Stick to What you Know: Puccini Takes Trendy Japonisme too Far in his new Butterfly Butterfly is Exploited, Pinkerton is Unlikable: There is Little to Love in Puccini’s New Opera Don’t be A Pinkerton: Puccini’s New Butterfly Shows the Personal Costs of Cultural Appropriation
Now, write a short review of the show (250 words), which explains the perspective in the headline you chose. Be sure to offer evidence from the show (text, musical elements, plot, or other features) which support the headline you chose. In addition, quote at least one line of text, sung by one of the characters in the show (from the libretto), in support of your review.
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