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Madam Butterfly: Act 1

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(Joyce Gartside appears by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust, Ltd.)

Puccini's "Madam Butterfly"
Libretto by L. Illica and G. Giacosa.
From the drama by David Belasco.
English translation by R.H. Elkin

The action takes place in Nagasaki.

London Philharmonic Orchestra
(Led by Harold Parfitt)
Conducted by Stanford Robinson

Contributors

Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Librettist:
L. Illica
Librettist:
G. Giacosa
Author:
David Belasco
English Translator:
R. H. Elkin
Musicians:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra Leader:
Harold Parfitt
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Chorus-Master:
Cyril Gill
Repetiteur:
William Reid
Advisor:
Kay Kinugasa
Designer:
Stephen Bundy
Adapter/Producer:
George R. Foa
Madam Butterfly, Cho-Cho San:
Sonya Hana (sung by Joyce Gartside)
Suzuki, Cho-Cho San's servant:
Barbara Lee Yu Ling (sung by Patricia Kern)
Lieutenant Pinkerton, of the United States Navy:
David Peel (sung by John Dobson)
Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki:
Roderick Jones (sung by Ivor Evans)
Goro, a Marriage Broker:
Michel de Lutry (sung by Robert Gard)
The Bonze, Cho-Cho San's Uncle:
Kenji Takaki (sung by Raimund Herincx)
Prince Yamadori:
Otokichi Ikeda (sung by Duncan Robertson)
The High Commissioner:
Kizaemon Kitamura (sung by Raimund Herincx)
Kate Pinkerton:
Jean Waugh (sung by Frances Wilkes)
Wedding Guest:
Kay Kinugasa
Wedding Guest:
Misa Mishiku
Wedding Guest:
Michiko Dodd
Wedding Guest:
Irene Ikeda
Wedding Guest:
Hisako Ikeda
Wedding Guest:
Dorothy Lee
Wedding Guest:
Mitsue Takaki
Wedding Guest:
Naogi Mayeda
Wedding Guest:
Shoei Kataoka
Wedding Guest:
Tetsuyo Kobayashi
Wedding Guest:
Kei Wakaizumi
Wedding Guest:
Poi Chin Yap
Wedding Guest:
Kit Boey

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