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Madama Butterfly-22 February 1978 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Anton Guadagno
Chorus Master John Bacon
Leader Meyer Stolow
Cast
Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton
Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy 		Neil Shicoff
Goro
a Marriage Broker 		Francis Egerton
Suzuki
servant to Madama Butterfly 		Gillian Knight
Sharpless
US Consul at Nagasaki 		Peter Glossop
Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)
a Geisha and the Japanese bride of Pinkerton 		Yasuko Hayashi
The Imperial Commissioner John Roche
The Official Registrar Gwynne Sullivan
Cio-Cio-San's Mother Nada Pobjoy
Yakusidé
an Uncle of Cio-Cio-San 		Ignatius McFadyen
A Cousin Elizabeth Sikora
An Aunt Natalie Pepitt
The Bonze
a Buddhist Priest and Uncle of Cio-Cio-San 		Forbes Robinson
Prince Yamadori
a wealthy suitor 		Jonathan Summers
Kate Pinkerton
Pinkerton's American wife 		Anne Wilkens
Dolore
Butterfly's child 		Timothy Buckley
Cio-Cio-San's Relatives and Friends, and Servants The Royal Opera Chorus
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Italian
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 22 February 1978 (in Royal Opera House Collections)