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Madama Butterfly-28 April 1971 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor John Matheson
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Lieut. F. Benjamin Pinkerton
U.S. Navy 		Ermanno Mauro
Goro
a Marriage Broker 		David Lennox
Suzuki
servant to Madama Butterfly 		Patricia Kern
Sharpless
U.S. Consul at Nagasaki 		Delme Bryn-Jones
Cio-Cio-San
known as Madama Butterfly, the Japanese bride of Pinkerton 		Jeannette Pilou
The Imperial Commissioner Eric Garrett
The Official Registrar Keith Raggett
The Bonze
Butterfly's uncle, a priest 		Gwynne Howell
Prince Yamadori
a wealthy suitor 		Neil Howlett
Kate Pinkerton
Pinkerton's American wife 		Elizabeth Shelley
Trouble
Butterfly's child 		Adam Collins
Relations and Friends of Cio-Cio-San, Servants The Royal Opera Chorus
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Italian
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 28 April 1971 (in Royal Opera House Collections)