Miss Saigon Miss Saigon Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madame Butterfly", and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover. The setting of the plot is relocated to 1970s Saigon during the Vietnam War, and "Madame Butterfly"'s story of marriage between an American lieutenant and a geisha is replaced by a romance between a United States Marine and a South Vietnamese bargirl. The musical was premièred at the Theatre Royal, Drury
Madame Chrysanthème (opera) Madame Chrysanthème (opera) Prior to "Madame Chrysanthème", Messager had begun to establish himself as a composer with several ballet scores performed, success at the Opéra-Comique in 1890 with "La Basoche" and incidental music for the play "Hélène" in 1891. Refused by Carvalho at the Opéra-Comique "Madame Chrysanthème" was first performed at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris on 21 January 1893 with Jane Guy and Louis Delaquerrière in the principal roles; there were 16 performances at the theatre in the first year. There were two performances in Monte Carlo on 21 December 1901 and 3 January 1902 with Mary