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Madama Butterfly-2 July 2011 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Andris Nelsons
Chorus Director Renato Balsadonna
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Cast
B.F. Pinkerton
a lieutenant in the US Navy 		James Valenti
Goro
a marriage broker 		Robin Leggate
Suzuki
Cio-Cio-San's maid 		Helene Schneiderman
Sharpless
US consul at Nagasaki 		Anthony Michaels-Moore
Cio-Cio-San
('Madama Butterfly') 		Kristīne Opolais
Imperial Commissioner Daniel Grice
Official Registrar Jonathan Coad
Cio-Cio-San's mother Eileen Hamilton
Uncle Yakusidé Alan Duffield
Cousin Elizabeth Key
Aunt Kiera Lyness
The Bonze
a Buddhist priest and uncle of Cio-Cio-San 		Jeremy White
Prince Yamadori ZhengZhong Zhou
Dolore
('Sorrow'), Cio-Cio-San's child 		Niklas Allan
Kate Pinkerton Rachael Lloyd
Cio-Cio-San's relations, friends and servants The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Actors
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Italian
Surtitled by: Kenneth Chalmers
Durations: Act I: 7.07-7.56pm, Acts II and III: 8.26-9.46pm
Radio - live relay : BBC Radio 3; 2 July 2011
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 2 July 2011 (in Royal Opera House Collections)