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SUMMARY

Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two acts) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Puccini based his opera in part on the short story “Madame Butterfly” (1898) by John Luther Long, which was dramatized by David Belasco. Puccini also based it on the novel Madame Chrysanthème (1887) by Pierre Loti. According to one scholar, the opera was based on events that actually occurred in Nagasaki in the early 1890s.

The original version of the opera, in two acts, had its premiere on February 17, 1904, at La Scala in Milan. It was very poorly received despite the presence of such notable singers as soprano Rosina Storchio, tenor Giovanni Zenatello and baritone Giuseppe De Luca in the lead roles. This was due in large part to the late completion and inadequate time for rehearsals. Puccini revised the opera, splitting the second act into two acts and making other changes. On May 28, 1904, this version was performed in Brescia and was a huge success.

Between 1915 and 1920, Japan’s best-known opera singer Tamaki Miura won international fame for her performances as Cio-Cio San. Her statue, along with that of Puccini, can be found in the Glover Garden in Nagasaki, the city where the opera is set.

Butterfly is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire for companies around the world and it ranks as Number 8 in the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide.

CAST

	Cio-Cio San Daniella Carvalho
	Cio-Cio San - TBA ±
	Suzuki Lisette Jimenez ^†
	Suzuki Emilia Acon ‡±
	B.F. Pinkerton Raymundo Antomarchi *
	Sharpless Graham Fandrei
	Goro Eduardo Valdez ^†
	Goro Jared Peroune ‡
	Goro Jose Antonio Navarro * ±
	Prince Yamadori Lee Vega
	The Bonze Diego Baner
	Yakuside Gabriel Menendez
	Imperial Commissioner Ismael Gonzalez
	Official Registrar Massimiliano Collicelli *
	Cio-Cio San’s mother Daisy Su
	The Aunt Christina Matos
	The Cousin Erika Williams
	Kate Pinkerton Rebekah Diaz ^†
	Kate Pinkerton - TBA
	Dolore - Olivia Soleil Pereira *
	Dolore - Conor James Byrden *
	Conductor Jeff Eckstein
	Stage Director Raffaele Cardone
	Chorus Master Pablo Hernandez

Sung in Italian with English projected titles.

* MLO Debut
^ June 23, 2012 (Only)
† June 24, 2012 (Only)
‡ July 7, 2012 (Only)
± July 8, 2012 (Only)

PERFORMANCES

Sat, June 23, 2012, 8:00 PM	BUY TICKETS
Sun, June 24, 2012, 4:00 PM	BUY TICKETS
Sat, July 7, 2012, 8:00 PM	BUY TICKETS
Sun, July 8, 2012, 4:00 PM	BUY TICKETS