Arthur Groos is Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities (emeritus) at Cornell University and former Associate Director of the Centro Studi Giacomo Puccini (Lucca). A founding editor of the Cambridge Opera Journal and Cambridge Studies in Opera, his books include Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (1986), Reading Opera (1988), Madama Butterfly: Fonti e documenti (2005), and Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (2011).

'This timely and exceptional study of Madama Butterfly provides a valuable, well-documented and illuminating account of the origins of the work and aspects of its reception in Japan. It is a meticulous exploration of the significance of this tragedia giapponese that will make a lasting contribution to Puccini studies.' Naomi Matsumoto, Goldsmiths, University of London

• Introduction: 'Marriage. . . In the Japanese way': 1. Loti and Long – with an eyewitness account Madame Chrysanthème and Madame Butterfly; 2. Madama Butterfly: A conflicted genesis; 3. Far west/far east: Luigi Illicia's libretto; 4. Madama Butterfly between west and east; 5. Returns of the native: Madamu Batafurai in Japan; 6. Returns of the native: Imaginative transpositions; Bibliography.

Arthur Groos is Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities (emeritus) at Cornell University and former Associate Director of the Centro Studi Giacomo Puccini (Lucca). A founding editor of the Cambridge Opera Journal and Cambridge Studies in Opera, his books include Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (1986), Reading Opera (1988), Madama Butterfly: Fonti e documenti (2005), and Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (2011).

'This timely and exceptional study of Madama Butterfly provides a valuable, well-documented and illuminating account of the origins of the work and aspects of its reception in Japan. It is a meticulous exploration of the significance of this tragedia giapponese that will make a lasting contribution to Puccini studies.' Naomi Matsumoto, Goldsmiths, University of London

• Introduction: 'Marriage. . . In the Japanese way': 1. Loti and Long – with an eyewitness account Madame Chrysanthème and Madame Butterfly; 2. Madama Butterfly: A conflicted genesis; 3. Far west/far east: Luigi Illicia's libretto; 4. Madama Butterfly between west and east; 5. Returns of the native: Madamu Batafurai in Japan; 6. Returns of the native: Imaginative transpositions; Bibliography.

Arthur Groos is Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities (emeritus) at Cornell University and former Associate Director of the Centro Studi Giacomo Puccini (Lucca). A founding editor of the Cambridge Opera Journal and Cambridge Studies in Opera, his books include Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (1986), Reading Opera (1988), Madama Butterfly: Fonti e documenti (2005), and Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (2011).

'This timely and exceptional study of Madama Butterfly provides a valuable, well-documented and illuminating account of the origins of the work and aspects of its reception in Japan. It is a meticulous exploration of the significance of this tragedia giapponese that will make a lasting contribution to Puccini studies.' Naomi Matsumoto, Goldsmiths, University of London

• Introduction: 'Marriage. . . In the Japanese way': 1. Loti and Long – with an eyewitness account Madame Chrysanthème and Madame Butterfly; 2. Madama Butterfly: A conflicted genesis; 3. Far west/far east: Luigi Illicia's libretto; 4. Madama Butterfly between west and east; 5. Returns of the native: Madamu Batafurai in Japan; 6. Returns of the native: Imaginative transpositions; Bibliography.