After the premiere in 1904, Puccini wrote: "With a sad but unshaken mind, I inform you that I have been lynched! Those cannibals did not listen to a single note. What a hateful orgy of madness! But my Butterfly remains what it is: the most emotional, expressive opera I have ever written." Today it is one of the most popular works in the entire operatic repertoire. Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian makes her long-awaited Met debut alongside Jonathan Tetelman.