MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Giacosa and IllicaPremièr at Teatro alla Scala, Milan – 17 February 1904
25 March 1962 (4 Performances)
Teatro San Carlo, Napoli
Conductor: Pasquale De Angelis
Chorus master: Michele Lauro
Stage director: Livio Luzzato
Scene and costumes: Cesare Maria Cristini
Cio-Cio-San, Madam Butterfly LEYLA GENCER soprano
Suzuki, her servant VERA MAGRINI mezzo-soprano Kate Pinkerton, Pinkerton’s American Wife n/a mezzo-soprano
B.F. Pinkerton, Lieutenant in US Navy GIUSEPPE GISMONDO tenor
Sharpless, US Consul at Nagasaki GUIDO MAZZINI baritone
Goro, a marriage broker n/a tenor
Prince Yamadori, a rich Japanese n/a baritone
The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San’s uncle n/a bass
The Imperial Commissioner n/a bass
The Official Registrar n/a baritone
Time: Early Twentieth Century
Place: Nagasaki
UNKNOWN NEWSPAPER
1962 March / April
