Editing Giacomo Puccini (section)

===''Madama Butterfly''===
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The original version of ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' ("Madam Butterfly") premiered at [[La Scala]] on 17 February 1904 with [[Rosina Storchio]] in the title role. It was initially greeted with great hostility (probably largely owing to inadequate rehearsals). When Storchio's [[kimono]] accidentally lifted during the performance, some in the audience started shouting: "The butterfly is pregnant" and "There is the little Toscanini". The latter comment referred to her well-publicised affair with [[Arturo Toscanini]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Puccini: Madama Butterfly |url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/music/NYCO/butterfly/fiasco.html |access-date=13 November 2015 |website=www.columbia.edu}}</ref> This version was in two acts;<ref>Version 1 (Milan, 1904). (403 pp) [[Casa Ricordi|G. Ricordi & C.]]: Milano – Roma – Napoli – Palermo – Parigi – Londra – Lipsia. New York: [[Boosey & Hawkes|Boosey & Co.]] Buenos Aires: Breyer Hermanos. This version was withdrawn after the opening night. See [http://opera.stanford.edu/Puccini/Butterfly/libretto.html Version History]</ref> after its disastrous premiere, Puccini withdrew the opera, revising it for what was virtually a second premiere at Brescia in May 1904{{sfn|Phillips-Matz|2002|p=146}} and performances in Buenos Aires, London, the US and Paris. In 1907, Puccini made his final revisions to the opera in a fifth version,<ref>Version 5, the "Standard Version". (266 pp) 1907 G. Ricordi & C.: New York – Milan – Rome – Naples – Palermo – London – Paris – Leipsig – Buenos Ayres – S. Paulo. See [http://opera.stanford.edu/Puccini/Butterfly/libretto.html Version History]</ref> which has become known as the "standard version". Today, the standard version of the opera is the version most often performed around the world. However, the original 1904 version is occasionally performed as well, and has been recorded.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Davis |first=Peter |author-link=Peter G. Davis |date=20 January 1997 |title=Selling Old Scores |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |volume=30 |issue=2}}</ref>