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Madam Butterfly

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

View in Radio Times

Act 1 of the opera by Puccini, from Sadler's Wells Theatre
The action takes place in Lieutenant Pinkerton's house near Nagasaki, Japan

The Sadler's Wells Chorus, the Sadler's Wells Orchestra (leader, Joseph Shadwick), conductor, Lawrance Collingwood

Contributors

Singers:
The Sadler's Wells Chorus
Musicians:
The Sadler's Wells Orchestra
Leader:
Joseph Shadwick
Conductor:
Lawrance Collingwood
Producer:
John B. Gordon
Chorus Master:
Geoffrey Corbett
Lieutenant Pinkerton:
Henry Wendon
Goro (a marriage broker):
Powell Lloyd
Suzuki (servant to Cho-Cho-San):
Rose Morris
Sharpless (U.S. Consul in Nagasaki):
Arnold Matters
Madam Butterfly (Cho-Cho-San):
Jeanne Dusseau
Mother:
Rosina Tanner
Aunt:
Rose Carlton
Cousin:
Victoria Hellewell
High Commissioner:
John Greenwood
Registrar:
Frank Brooke
The Bonze (Japanese priest and uncle to Butterfly):
Harry Brindle
Source: Radio Times

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