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Madama Butterfly             Madama Butterfly is an opera composed and written by Giacomo Puccini and sung by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.   It was released in 1904 at the La Scala Opera House in Milan, Italy.   The opera tells the story of a young woman named Cio-Cio, a geisha, who has fallen in love with Lt. Pinkerton, an American soldier.   They have a child and Pinkerton soon returns to his country of origin.   Cio-Cio who is so faithful is hoping that he will return to Japan to spend some time with her again soon. Sadly, everything changes when Pinkerton returns with his girlfriend and takes the child away from Cio-Cio. Whilst the opera does have a moral lesson, there is a lot of mise en scene being represented to set the tone, mood, and theme.             Mise en scene is used a lot in not just film, but in plays and musicals as well. It features the actors, setting, set design, lighting, decorations, props, costumes and makeup, and more.   The term mise en scene is F

                                                                        Broadway Favorite I don't seem to have a favorite Broadway musical at the moment, because I have only seen one musical, but in the future, my hope is to see Phantom of the Opera or Aida  if any of them come to town sometime soon. 

Aria Blog After watching the short film, ARIA  ( Madama Butterfly ) there is a lot of emotion in what was going on in the film. The captain had an affair with his beloved girlfriend. Once he left his girlfriend, she remained pregnant with her firstborn child. Once the child was born, she became attached to her with a string. As soon as the girl's lover returns, he has betrayed and takes the child away from her leaving the woman in sadness and agony.  I feel very upset because the man had fallen in love with her, but when he returns he is in love with another girlfriend and take the child away from her/

Raul had a very rough life from where he lived growing up. He was very poor and he had discriminated by other people because of his race. However he was able to overcome that by becoming and inventor and studying microbiology. He was able to interact with people to create cool ideas for his inventions.  Since I am studying animation, I think being sociable and interacting with other people who are in this field would be very helpful for me. It's not just going to help me practice, but it will give me some ideas and tips on what I need to do to make my projects better throughout the years.