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

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR

Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

Opera in two acts in Italian

Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano

Premièr at Teatro San Carlo, Naples – 26 September 1835

25, 27 February - 01 March 1959

Teatro La Fenice, Venezia

 

Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Chorus master: Sante Zanon 

Stage director: Giuseppe Marchioro
Scene: Mario Foscini
Costumes: Gino Canzanella

Enrico (Lord Henry Ashton of Lammermoor) ENZO SORDELLO baritone

Lucia (Lucy) her sister LEYLA GENCER soprano

Edgardo (Edgar) master of Ravenswood GIACINTO PRANDELLI tenor

Arturo (Lard Arthur Bucklaw) FRANCO RICCIARDI tenor

Raimondo (Raymond) chaplain at Lammermoor GIOVANNI ANTONINI bass

Alisa (Alice) companion to Lucy CLARA BETNER mezzo-soprano

Normanno (Norman) follower of Ashton RENZO CASSELATO tenor

 

Time: About 1700

Place: Scotland

Photos © FOTOGRAFIA S. MARCO, Venezia

LEYLA GENCER ALLA FENICE

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR 

STAGIONE 1958 – 1959

https://www.archiviostoricolafenice.org/scheda_opera.php?ID=13691

 

ATLANTIDA                                 

1959.07.18

LA FENICE PROGRAMME BOOKLET                                      

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