1904 premiered in Milan on February 7th. The plot was adapted from the novel of the same name by an American writer and was adapted into a script by American playwright Belasco (1854- 193 1). Jojo Sang (Butterfly Girl) described in the opera is a naive, pure and lively Japanese girl. She abandoned her religious belief for love and married Pinkel, a US Navy colonel. Shortly after their marriage, Pinkel returned to the United States and was never heard from for three years. Qiaoqiaosang firmly believes that he will come back. After returning home, Pinkel got married again. When he and the American lady returned to Japan, the tragedy finally happened. Qiaoqiao sang handed over the child and killed himself with a sword. This is a lyric tragedy. Through the tragic fate of a pure and beautiful girl, she criticized the bourgeois worldview of selfishness and harming others. Puccini directly used Japanese folk songs such as Edo Japanese Bridge, Empress of Vietnam and Cherry Blossom in his music creation to describe Madame Butterfly's geisha identity and childish psychology. This work is one of Puccini's masterpieces and an enduring masterpiece on the world opera stage.

Ah, a sunny day is the most famous passage in this work, and it is an aria sung by Madame Butterfly in the second act. After Pinkel returned to China, the maid thought that he would not come back, but Madame Butterfly, who was loyal to love, always dreamed of the happy moment when Pinkel came back by warship on a sunny morning. Facing the sea, she sang the famous aria "Ah, a sunny day". Puccini used a narrative melody here, and described Madame Butterfly's deep yearning for happiness in detail. The music is almost dull, vividly showing Mrs. Butterfly's eagerness for her husband's return.

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