When the pianist Francesco Piemontesi hears an unreleased recording of the pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, it comes as a shock to him. This freedom of playing, these colors and nuances, this virtuosity, which is always presented with a smile, overwhelms him. He decides to explore what he believes he is hearing here: the alchemy of the piano.

《蝴蝶夫人》是普契尼一部伟大的抒情悲剧。该剧以日本为背景，叙述女主人公乔乔桑与美国海军军官平克尔顿结婚后空守闺房，等来的却是背弃，乔乔桑以自杀了结尘缘。