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M. Butterfly ''M. Butterfly'' is a play by David Henry Hwang. The story, while entwined with that of the opera ''Madama Butterfly'', is based most directly on the relationship between French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, a Peking opera singer. T ...

'' (based on ''

Madama Butterfly ''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther ...

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Prénom Carmen ''First Name: Carmen'' (french: Prénom Carmen, links=no) is a 1983 French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Based loosely on Bizet's opera '' Carmen'', the film was written by Anne-Marie Miéville and produced by Alain Sarde, and stars Maruschk ...

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The Toll of the Sea ''The Toll of the Sea'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Chester M. Franklin, produced by the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, released by Metro Pictures, and featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role. The film w ...

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U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha ''U-Carmen eKhayelitsha'' is a 2005 South African operatic film directed and produced by Mark Dornford-May. Production The movie is a modern remake of Bizet's 1875 opera ''Carmen''. It was shot entirely in Xhosa, and combines both music from the ...

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La Traviata ''La traviata'' (; ''The Fallen Woman'') is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on ''La Dame aux camélias'' (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas ''fils'' adapted from his own 18 ...

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Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanis ...

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'' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), directed by

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, with Grace Moore * '' Topsy-Turvy'', 1999, directed by Mike Leigh * '' Bánk bán'', 2001

References

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