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Madama Butterfly-10 January 1973 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Christopher Keene
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader George Hallam
Cast
Lieut. F. Benjamin Pinkerton
U.S. Navy 		Veriano Luchetti
Goro
a Marriage Broker 		John Dobson
Suzuki
servant to Madama Butterfly 		Elizabeth Bainbridge
Sharpless
U.S. Consul at Nagasaki 		Delme Bryn-Jones
Cio-Cio-San
known as Madama Butterfly, the Japanese bride of Pinkerton 		Maria Pellegrini
The Imperial Commissioner Paul Neal
The Official Registrar Kenneth Byles
Cio-Cio-San's Mother Nada Pobjoy
Uncle Yakuside Ignatius McFadyen
A Cousin Ula van Wyk
An Aunt Diana Odling
The Bonze
Butterfly's uncle, a priest 		Robert Lloyd
Prince Yamadori
a wealthy suitor 		William Elvin
Kate Pinkerton
Pinkerton's American wife 		Elizabeth Shelley
Trouble
Butterfly's child 		Mark Byles
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 10 January 1973 (in Royal Opera House Collections)