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
06 May 1955
Teatro San Carlo, Napoli
 
Conductor: Ugo Rapalo
Chorus master: Michele Lauro
Stage director: Livio Luzzano
Scene and costumes: Cesare Maria 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 WALTER CONTI tenor
Sharpless, US Consul at Nagasaki MARIO BORRIELLO 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
 

CONTRACT FOR THE PERFORMANCES

1955.05.04