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Jr. ButterflyJr. ButterflyJr. Butterfly 04/10/2004 09:43 PM Yesterday, Mizuka and I went to Tokyo Bunka Kaikan in Ueno to see the opera Jr. Butterfly. Jr. Butterfly was composed by our friend Shigeaki Saegusa. The libretto was our friend Masahiko Shimada and the conductor was Naoto Otomo. Tenor Shigehiro Sano performs Jr. Butterfly and soprano Shinobu Sato plays Naomi, his love. Madam Butterfly was an opera by Giacoma Puccini based on a story by John Luther Long. Puccini's opera opened in 1904, 100 years ago. Jr. Butterfly is the story of what happens to the son of Madame Butterfly and Pinkerton. It is set before, during and after WWII. The half-Japanese half-American Jr. Butterfly is an intelligence officer for the Americans and falls in love with a Japanese girl. At the core of the story is the love story between Jr. Butterfly and the girl, but the opera covers a lot of ground such as the identity struggle of Jr. Butterfly's chanpon background and the intentions of the US vis a vis war with Japan before the war. Also, with Madam Butterfly originally set in Nagasaki, the role of Nagasaki in the closure of the war ties it all together. I enjoyed the opera very much. The score and poetry were beautiful and I was able to follow the story much better than previous Saegusa operas. It was also fun catching up during intermission with friends that I hadn't seen for a long time. I've been spending too little time with my non-computer and non-business related Japanese friends these days... There's an interview in the Daily Yomiuri with Shigeaki Saegusa. This is a GrokNews Entry: (what is grok?)Jr. ButterflyGrok Headline matches for Jr. ButterflyButterflyButterfly 10/29/2003 03:52 PM His solution is simple - round up all the butterflies and eradicate them .. on for more information .. Butterfly obvious.fsnet.co.uk/butterfly/butterfly.htm AVR Butterfly MP3 PlayerAVR Butterfly MP3 Player 04/06/2005 06:43 AM AVR Butterfly MP3 Player Initial Release The Butterfly Guy EffectThe Butterfly Guy Effect 08/27/2004 07:38 PM Swimming Suits, Motor Boats, Sheet Music, Auto Parts, Movies and Music, Online Maps. Looks like the Butterfly Guy has a plan. Butterfly XML Editor and IDE 1.1Butterfly XML Editor and IDE 1.1 07/12/2004 01:57 PM An XML Editor and IDE that uses a unique incremental XML parsing algorithm. How Madame Got Her ButterflyHow Madame Got Her Butterfly 12/07/2003 01:32 AM The prosthetic female vaginas being sold on this site aren't nearly as disturbing as the voice describing the merchandise. It's like hearing dirty talk from an airport's "white zone is for loading and unloading" woman. (12-07) Will the Butterfly return?Will the Butterfly return? 10/30/2003 03:55 PM IBM is thinking about bringing back the Butterfly keyboard, which appeared on some of its ThinkPad laptops in the mid-Nineties. The Butterfly keyboard could expand to be wider than the rest of the laptop, making it possible to pack a bigger keyboard into a smaller computer. Anyway, IBM has been showing off a couple of prototypes with keyboards inspired by the original Butterfly design, but won't say whether or not they'll ever be put into production. Read... The MSN Butterfly Is BackThe MSN Butterfly Is Back 12/30/2003 10:52 AM Redmond's Butterfly EffectRedmond's Butterfly Effect 07/01/2004 06:56 AM Click on the Butterfly to BeginClick on the Butterfly to Begin 08/20/2004 02:26 PM Thoughts from Within is an interesting multimedia poem from Woody Harrelson, whose work has been previously discussed on Metafilter here. [Warning: link goes directly to .swf flash file] Butterfly notebook may spread wings
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