Close menu

Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,407 playable programmes from the BBC

Opera on 3

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Madama Butterfly
A new production of Puccini's tragedy of betrayed innocence, from the team of Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser. tells the story of a younggeisha girl who is loved and left by a feckless young American.
Presented by lain Burnside , live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Antonio Pappano Actl
8.25 Twenty Minutes: Butterflies AS Byatt is introduced to the Natural
History Museum's collection of Japanese butterflies by keeper Dick Vane-Wright .
8.45 Acts 2 and 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Moshe Leiser.
Presented By:
Lain Burnside
Conductor:
Antonio Pappano
Unknown:
Dick Vane-Wright
Cio-Cio-San:
Cristina Gallardo-Domas (soprano)
Lieutenant BF Pinkerton:
Marco Berti (tenor)
Sharpless:
Lucio Gallo (baritone)
Goro:
Peter Hoare (tenor)
Suzuki:
Enkelejda Shkosa (mezzo)
The Bonze:
Jonathan Velra (bass-Baritone)
Prince Yamadori:
Quentin Hayes (baritone)
Imperial Commissioner:
Grant Doyle (baritone)
Official Registrar:
John Bemays (baritone)
Kate Pinkerton:
Katija Dragojevlc (mezzo)
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More