Statue of Miura Tamaki

Famous as Madame Butterfly

Tamaki Miura was an opera singer from the Meiji era (b. 1884), famous for playing the prima donna role of Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's Madame Butterfly overseas more than 2,000 times. This opera is set in...

Primadonna of Madame Butterfly

Original Text

　A person named Tamaki Miura is born in Meiji １７ and is said to be the first opera singer in Japan to gain international fame. Puccini's opera "Madame Butterfly" is especially famous. Nagasaki is the setting for this "Madame Butterfly", so there is a statue here. There was a statue in a small park-like place in the middle of the large Glover Garden. The statue of composer Puccini was also nearby.

the theory that there is a connection to grabber

Original Text

Standing near the former Jiyu-tei in the Glover Garden. A statue of Tama Miura, who performed more than 2000 performances overseas as a Primadonna of the opera "Butterfly 々 Madame" (Madame Butterfly). Not only is the stage of the opera Nagasaki, but the model of the main character seems to have been set up in this place because there is a theory that Mrs. Glover and the house appearing are similar to the Glover residence.

Nagasaki is the stage of the opera "Madame Butterfly"

Original Text

　The famous opera "Madame Butterfly" is said to be set in Nagasaki. Tan Miura of this statue was a world-famous opera singer born in the Meiji era, and was especially praised by the world as the Primadonna of "Madame Butterfly". A statue of Miura Kan in kimono was installed in the square with a rest space in the center of Glover Garden.

Fame as an international singer in the role of "Butterfly 々"

Original Text

Ran Miura (1884 ＝ Meiji 17 ～ 1946 ＝ Showa 21) was an opera singer who first gained international fame in Japan. She gained fame as an international singer in the role of "Butterfly 々" in Puccini's opera "Butterfly 々 Lady" on the stage at Glover's residence. Her statue in the stage costume is enshrined in the middle of Glover Garden.