MADAMA BUTTERFLY

Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Opera in three acts in Italian [Sung in Turkish]
Libretto: Giacosa and Illica
Premièr at Teatro alla Scala, Milan – 17 February 1904
04 October 1952 (4 Performances)
State Opera and Ballet, Ankara

Conductor: Hans Hörner
Chorus master: Adolfo Camozzo
Stage director: Aydın Gün
Scene and costumes: Turgut Zaim

Cio-Cio-San, Madam Butterfly LEYLA GENCER soprano [Role debut]
Suzuki, her servant NECDET DEMİR mezzo-soprano 
Kate Pinkerton, Pinkerton’s American Wife BEHİRE BELBEZ mezzo-soprano
B.F. Pinkerton, Lieutenant in US Navy SÜLEYMAN GÜLER tenor
Sharpless, US Consul at Nagasaki ALİ KÖPÜK baritone
Goro, a marriage broker ESAT TAMER tenor
Prince Yamadori, a rich Japanese FİKRET KUNTAY/RIFKI AR baritone
The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San’s uncle HİLMİ GİRGİNKOÇ bass
The Imperial Commissioner AYHAN BARAN bass
The Official Registrar MUAMMER ESİ baritone

Time: Early Twentieth Century
Place: Nagasaki

Drawing © TURGUT ZAİM


With sopranos Güher Güney and Meral Menderes

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