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
04 May 1955 (3 Performances)
Teatro Nuovo, Torino

Conductor: Armando La Rosa Parodi
Chorus master: Adolfo Fanfani
Stage director: Giuseppe Marchioro
Scene and costumes: n/a

Cio-Cio-San, Madam Butterfly LEYLA GENCER soprano
                                                   ORIETTA MOSCUCCI soprano
Suzuki, her servant LONA PEDRETTI mezzo-soprano 

Kate Pinkerton, Pinkerton’s American Wife J. MARCHESE mezzo-soprano
B.F. Pinkerton, Lieutenant in US Navy FERRANTE FERRARI tenor
Sharpless, US Consul at Nagasaki PAOLO PEDANI baritone
Goro, a marriage broker MARIANO CARUSO tenor
Prince Yamadori, a rich Japanese ALBERTO ALBERTINI baritone
The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San’s uncle M. ZORGNIOTTI bass
The Imperial Commissioner ALBERTO ALBERTINI bass
The Official Registrar PIER LUIGI LATINUCCI baritone

Time: Early Twentieth Century
Place: Nagasaki