Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly,
one-act tragedy by Belasco and J.L. Long (1900), adapted from a story by Long (1898). It was made into an opera by Puccini (1906).

Cho-Cho-San, a Japanese girl, has a liaison with Pinkerton, an American naval lieutenant, which she considers a marriage. For two years, with their infant son, she awaits his return. Then she finds he has married an American girl, and, realizing her status, kills herself.