Addio, fiorito asil – Madama Butterfly

Yes, all in an instant

I see my mistake and I feel

That from this torment

I will have no respite.

Forever that mild countenance

I will see, with excruciating agony,

Forever that sweet voice

I will hear mourning.

Farewell flowery refuge

Of joy and love

I cannot bear your misery

I must run away, I must run away – I am vile.

Peter Dvorsky as Pinkerton in Puccini's Madame Butterfly. With Richard Stilwell as Sharpless.

Chicago, 1985.