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Madam Butterfly-8 December 1953 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor John Barbirolli
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Lieutenant F.B. Pinkerton
U.S. Navy 		John Lanigan
Goro
a Marriage Broker 		David Tree
Suzuki
servant to Madam Butterfly 		Monica Sinclair
Sharpless
U.S. Consul at Nagasaki 		Jess Walters
Madam Butterfly
the Japanese bride of Pinkerton 		Lenora Lafayette
The Imperial Commissioner Ronald Firmager
The Official Registrar Hubert Littlewood
The Bonze
Butterfly's uncle, a priest 		Rhydderch Davies
Prince Yamadori
a wealthy suitor 		William Edwards
Kate Pinkerton
Pinkerton's American wife 		Leonne Mills
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: R H Elkin
Durations: Act I: 7.05-7.55pm, Act II: 8.27-9.19pm, Act III: 9.34-10.10pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 8 December 1953 (in Royal Opera House Collections)