"Madama Butterfly" (Milan, 1904), with a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa (1847-1906) after "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther Long (1861-1927), in turn based on reminiscences of Long's sister, Jennie Correll, and "Madame Chrysanthème" (1887) by Pierre Loti (1850-1923)