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
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
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