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Madama Butterfly, 1 November 2016
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Librettist: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Conductor: John Wilson
Orchestra: Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra
Cast
Lieutenant B F Pinkerton: Matteo Lippi
Goro: Alun Rhys-Jenkins
Suzuki: Claudia Huckle
Sharpless: Francesco Verna
Cio-Cio-San: Karah Son
The Cousin: Irina Loskova
Cio-Cio-San's Mother: Thomasin Trezise
Yakuside, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle: Michael Wallace
The Aunt: Pamela Wilcock
Imperial Commissioner: John Mackenzie-Lavansch
Official Registrar: Edmund Danon
Bonze: Michael Druiett
Prince Yamadori: Adam Marsden
Sorrow: Rupert Wade
Kate Pinkerton: Marta Fontanals-Simmons
Production Team
Original Director: Annilese Miskimmon
Assistant Director: PJ Harris
Designer: Nicky Shaw
Lighting Designer: Mark Jonathan
Movement Director: Kally Lloyd Jones
Video Design: Ian William Galloway
Chorus Master: Jeremy Bines
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Librettist: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Conductor: John Wilson
Orchestra: Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra
Cast
Lieutenant B F Pinkerton: Matteo Lippi
Goro: Alun Rhys-Jenkins
Suzuki: Claudia Huckle
Sharpless: Francesco Verna
Cio-Cio-San: Karah Son
The Cousin: Irina Loskova
Cio-Cio-San's Mother: Thomasin Trezise
Yakuside, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle: Michael Wallace
The Aunt: Pamela Wilcock
Imperial Commissioner: John Mackenzie-Lavansch
Official Registrar: Edmund Danon
Bonze: Michael Druiett
Prince Yamadori: Adam Marsden
Sorrow: Rupert Wade
Kate Pinkerton: Marta Fontanals-Simmons
Production Team
Original Director: Annilese Miskimmon
Assistant Director: PJ Harris
Designer: Nicky Shaw
Lighting Designer: Mark Jonathan
Movement Director: Kally Lloyd Jones
Video Design: Ian William Galloway
Chorus Master: Jeremy Bines