 Another is "Madama Butterfly" ("Madame Butterfly"), an opera in three acts (originally two acts) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.It is the story of a Japanese maiden (Cio-Cio San), who falls in love with and marries a white American navy lieutenant.After the officer leaves her to continue his naval service away from Japan, Cio-Cio San gives birth to their child.