The love scene between Pinkerton and Butterfly is extended. From its beginning, "Viene la sera" (Evening is falling),
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to the end, its interest never flags. It is full of beautiful melody charged with sentiment and passion, yet varied with lighter passages, like Butterfly's "I am like the moon's little goddess"; "I used to think if anyone should want me"; and the exquisite, "Vogliatemi bene" (Ah, love me a little). There is a beautiful melody for Pinkerton, "Love, what fear holds you trembling." The climax of the love duet is reached in two impassioned phrases:—"Dolce notte! Quante stelle" (Night of rapture, stars unnumbered),
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and "Oh! Quanti occhi fisi, attenti" (Oh, kindly heavens).
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