Leyla Gencer Archive

MADAMA BUTTERFLY

Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Opera in three acts in Italian

Libretto: Giacosa and Illica
Premièr at Teatro alla Scala, Milan – 17 February 1904

05 June 1956

Moniunszko Theater, Poznan

Conductor: Stephan Baranski

Chorus master: n/a

Stage director: n/a

Scene and costumes: n/a

Cio-Cio-San, Madam Butterfly LEYLA GENCER soprano

Suzuki, her servant ALICJA BOIANOWICZ-LEWANDOWSKA mezzo-soprano

Kate Pinkerton, Pinkerton’s American Wife n/a mezzo-soprano

B.F. Pinkerton, Lieutenant in US Navy ALEXANDER KLONOWSKI tenor

Sharpless, US Consul at Nagasaki STEPHAN BUDNY baritone

Goro, a marriage broker n/a tenor

Prince Yamadori, a rich Japanese WLADYSLAW CHOMIAK 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