MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Giacosa and IllicaPremièr 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