MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Giacosa and IllicaPremièr at Teatro alla Scala, Milan – 17 February 1904
26 April - 01 May 1956
Teatro San Carlo, Napoli
Conductor: Pasquale de Angelis
Chorus master: Michele Lauro
Stage director: Livio Luzatto
Scene and costumes: C.M. Cristini
Cio-Cio-San, Madam Butterfly LEYLA GENCER soprano
Suzuki, her servant ANGELA ROCCO mezzo-soprano Kate Pinkerton, Pinkerton’s American Wife n/a mezzo-soprano
B.F. Pinkerton, Lieutenant in US Navy DANIELE BARIONI tenor
Sharpless, US Consul at Nagasaki LINO PUGLISI baritone
Goro, a marriage broker n/a tenor
Prince Yamadori, a rich Japanese MARIO CIOFFI baritone
The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San’s uncle AMEDEO LIUORI bass
The Imperial Commissioner n/a bass
The Official Registrar n/a baritone
Time: Early Twentieth Century
Place: Nagasaki
CONTRACT FOR THE PERFORMANCES
1956.04.28
