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

16 March 1958

Teatro San Carlo, Napoli

Conductor: n/a
Chorus master: n/a
Stage director: n/a
Scene and costumes: n/a

Cio-Cio-San, Madam Butterfly LEYLA GENCER soprano
Suzuki, her servant n/a mezzo-soprano 
Kate Pinkerton, Pinkerton’s American Wife n/a mezzo-soprano
B.F. Pinkerton, Lieutenant in US Navy n/a tenor
Sharpless, US Consul at Nagasaki n/a 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

1958.03.04

VERDI MATINEE      

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)                                     

28† October 1957                                       

War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco                                       

A Verdi matinee for young people of San Francisco Schools

 

LA TRAVIATA                                                   

ACT I                                                                                     

Glauco Curiel conductor
Paul Hager stage director

Leyla Gencer Violetta

Jon Crain Alfredo
Jan McArt Flora Bervoix
Murray Kenig Baron Douphol
Harve Presnell Marchese d'Obigny
Carl Palangi Dr. Grenvil
Virginio Assandri Gastone

UN BALLO IN MASCHERA                                                 

ACT III Scene I               

Kurt Herbert Adler conductor
Paul Hager stage director

Leonie Rysanek Amelia

Giuseppe Taddei Renato
Sylvia Stahlman Oscar
Lorenzo Alvary Samuele
Nicola Moscona Tommaso

AIDA                                               

ACT II Scene II               

Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conductor
Carlo Piccinato stage director

Leontyne Price Aida

Eugene Tobin Radames
Blanche Thebom Amneris
Robert Merrill Amonasro
Nicola Moscona Ramfis
Carl Palangi King of Egypt
Nancy Johnson, Dick Carter Solo dancers
Corps de Ballet

† Recording date

LA TRAVIATA

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in three acts in Italian [Sung in Turkish]
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after Alexander Duma’s play La Dame aux Camélias
Premièr at Teatro la Fenice, Venice – 6 March 1853

20 April 1957 (4 Performances)

State Opera and Ballet, Ankara

Conductor: Ferid Alnar
Chorus master: Domenico Trizio
Stage director: Vedat Gürten
Scene and costumes: Ulrich Damrau
 
Alfredo Germont lover of Violetta ÖZCAN SEVGEN tenor
Giorgio Germont his father FİKRET KUNTAY baritone
Gastone de Letorieres a young man about town NURİ TÜRKAN tenor
Baron Douphol a rival of Alfredo NEVZAT KARATEKİN baritone
Dr. Grenvil SEYİT AHMET YILDIZ bass
Marchese d’Obigny ALTAN GÜNBAY bass
Giuseppe servant to Violetta EDİP AKTUGAN tenor
Violetta Valery a courtesan LEYLA GENCER soprano
Flora Bervoix her friend MUKADDER GİRGİNKOÇ mezzo-soprano
Annina Violetta’s confident and maid HİKMET SESAR soprano

Time: 1850

Place: Paris and vicinity

ZAFER DAILY NEWSPAPER                                               

1957.04.27

AKİS WEEKLY MAGAZINE                                                 

1957.04.27

OPERA MAGAZINE                                                 

1957 September

YEVGENY ONYEGIN [Eugenio Onieghin]

Piotr Ilitsch Tcahikovsky (1840 - 1893)

Opera in three acts in Russian [Sung in Italian]

Libretto: Tchaikovsky & Shilkovsky 
Premièr at Imperial Collage of Music, Moscow – 29 March 1879

17†, 19, 21 March 1954 (7 Performances)

Teatro San Carlo, Napoli

THE FIRST PERFORMANCE AFTER 54 YEARS IN NAPOLI

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Chorus master: Michele Lauro

Stage director: Pietro Sharoff

Scene and costumes: Mstislav Dobuzhinsky 
Drawings: Camillo Parravicini

Madame Larina estate owner JOLANDA GARDINO mezzo-soprano

Tatiana her daughter LEYLA GENCER soprano [Role debut]
Olga her daughter ORALIA DOMINGUEZ mezzo-soprano
Filipievna Tatiana’s nurse AMALIA PINI mezzo-soprano
Lenski Olga’s fiancé GIUSEPPE COMPORA tenor
Eugen Onegin his friend GINO BECHI baritone
Prince Gremin and old general ITALO TAJO bass
Monsieur Trinquet a Frenchman PIERO DE PALMA tenor
A captain n/a bass
Zaretski n/a bass

Time: Late Eighteenth Century

Place: A country estate; St. Petersburg

† Recording date

Photos © FOTO TRONCONE, Napoli [Opera photos]

Photos © UGO SARTI, Napoli

Sketches © CAMILLO PARRAVICINI

Leaving Istanbul by a ferry for Napoli with President Bayar

Arrival to Napoli meeting with Pasquale De Costanzo, Intendant

Arrival to Napoli with Italian Movie Star Yvonne Sanson

With Pasquale de Costanzo, Indendant of Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

With Tullio Serafin

CONTRACT FOR THE PERFORMANCES

1953.08.30         

OPERA MAGAZINE                                            

1954 January

MELODRAMMA                                                 

1954.04.05                                                                                              

STATE OPERA MAGAZINE                                            

1954.04.10

OPERA MAGAZINE                                            

1954 May

     

GIORNALE DI TRIESTE                                    

1954.06.10                              

COMPLETE RECORDING                  

1954.03.17

Recording Excerpts [1954.03.17]

Sia poi quel che sara; (Puskai pogibnu ya) "Letter Scene" Act I Scene II

Ah! povero mio cor! (O! Kak maye tyazhelo!) Act III Scene II