Madame Butterfly (musical)

Madame Butterfly is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Rina Sawayama, loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly. The musical is performed primarily in English, with several of the songs featuring occasional Japanese phrases.

Sources and inspiration
Inspiration for the content in the series came from several different sources. The characters represent those from Giacomo Puccini's opera of the same name. Nagasaki in 1904 is replaced by present-day Tokyo.

Musical Numbers

 * Act 1
 * 1) The orchestra plays a medley of four J-pop hits of ("Rising Sun" by EXILE, "Koisuru Fortune Cookie" by AKB48, "Love Machine" by Morning Musume, and "Tsukematsukeru" by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu), leading us to the opening scene in the musical.
 * 2) "Special Place" - Adam and Marius inspect a house in a suburb of Tokyo. Marius has found the house for Adam and his future wife, and is showing him the house, with its sliding doors, a unique living room, a guest room, and a garden in the backyard. Several neighbors and Suzuki, the maid of Adam's future wife, enter the garden and are introduced to Adam. After everyone leaves, Marius tells Adam that everything is now ready and that his future wife, Chika, should arrive shortly, as well as a consul from the United Kingdom, the marriage registrar, and many of Chika's relatives, expect one of her uncles, a priest who ruled out attending the ceremony. British consul Harry Lindstrom drove approximately 30 miles from Center City Tokyo. He enters the garden, greets Adam and Marius, and admires the view that overlooks the city. Adam tells Harry that he has just purchased the house for 12 years, with the right every month to cancel the agreement. Adam explains that, in Japan, the law is very loose.
 * 3) "Go Everywhere" - We hear the opening flourish to One Direction's song "Story of My Life" (a theme which will characterize Adam throughout the musical), for which Adam tells Harry that, regardless of location, some people are not satisfied until he captures flowers and the love of every beautiful woman. Adam further explains that he is marrying in the Japanese style, but with the right to cancel the marriage each month. Harry is critical of Adam's beliefs, but they stand and agree, "Britain forever." Adam tells Marius to bring Chika to him. When Marius leaves, Harry asks if Adam is really in love with Chika.
 * 4) "It May Be Love" - Adam admits to Harry that he doesn't know whether he is really in love or just infatuated, but he is bewitched with Chika's innocence, charm and beauty, comparing her to a butterfly fluttering around and then landing with silent grace, and further states that he needs her, even if he injures her wings.
 * 5) "One Step Forward" - Chika can be heard guiding her friends throughout the neighborhood, jubilantly telling them that she's the happiest woman in Japan
 * 6) "Come with Me"
 * 7) "Settle Down"
 * 8) "They Call Her Madame Butterfly"
 * 9) "You Are Damned!"
 * 10) "Nightfall"
 * 11) "Somebody"


 * Act 2
 * 1) "The Ballad of Izanagi and Izanami"
 * 2) "On a Day Like This" - Serving as the musical's most famous song and one of the most popular works in the modern musical theater repertoire, Butterfly claims that someday they'll witness a puff of smoke on the outskirts of Tokyo, with a taxi appearing at some point. She might not down to meet him but will text him to see how he's doing. After a few moments, she'll see in the far distance a man beginning the drive out of the city. Upon arrival, he shouts her name from a distance, but doesn't get a reply. Butterfly promises ? that the possibilities of all this happening are highly likely.
 * 3) "Not Yet"
 * 4) "2 Things I Could Do"
 * 5) "Near the Harbor"
 * 6) "End of the World"


 * Act 3
 * 1) "The Break of Dawn"
 * 2) "I Know What I've Done"
 * 3) "See You Later"
 * 4) "What Would Suzuki Think?"
 * 5) "Just Like a Fly"
 * 6) "Dying with Honor"
 * 7) "Empty Heart"

Soundtrack
Madame Butterfly: Original Cast Recording is the soundtrack recording for the musical.