Madama Butterfly

Before watching the short animation in class, I knew nothing about this opera. I had heard of it but knew nothing past the title. After class, I looked up a synopsis on wikipedia and when I found that what happened in the animation was basically the plot of the whole opera, I was surprised. The plot of the animation didn't seem so far fetched, but I just thought that the opera was about something else entirely. The opera is extremely sad and I don't know that I'd be able to really watch the whole thing.