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Madam Butterfly-20 April 1951 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 Warwick Braithwaite
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
Lieutenant F.B. Pinkerton
U.S. Navy 		James Johnston
Goro
a Marriage Broker 		David Tree
Suzuki
servant to Madam Butterfly 		Monica Sinclair
Sharpless
U.S. Consul at Nagasaki 		Tom Williams
Madam Butterfly
the Japanese bride of Pinkerton 		Joan Hammond
The Imperial Commissioner Ronald Firmager
The Official Registrar Hubert Littlewood
The Bonze
Butterfly's uncle, a priest 		Rhydderch Davies
Prince Yamadori
a wealthy suitor 		Ernest Davies
Kate Pinkerton
Pinkerton's American wife 		Adele Leigh
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: R H Elkin
Durations: Act I: 7.03-7.52pm, Act II: 8.24-9.13pm, Act III: 9.27-9.58pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 20 April 1951 (in Royal Opera House Collections)