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Madama Butterfly-21 October 1965 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Bryan Balkwill
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Lieut. Benjamin F. Pinkerton
U.S. Navy 		André Turp
Goro
a Marriage Broker 		Robert Bowman
Suzuki
servant to Madama Butterfly 		Maureen Guy
Sharpless
U.S. Consul at Nagasaki 		John Shaw
Madama Butterfly
the Japanese bride of Pinkerton 		Elizabeth Vaughan
The Imperial Commissioner Glynne Thomas
The Official Registrar Keith Raggett
The Bonze
Butterfly's uncle, a priest 		Victor Godfrey
Prince Yamadori
a wealthy suitor 		Delme Bryn-Jones
Kate Pinkerton
Pinkerton's American wife 		Elizabeth Shelley
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: Italian
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 21 October 1965 (in Royal Opera House Collections)