Opera in Three Acts
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by L. Illica and G. Giacosa
Based on the book by John L. Long and the drama by David Belasco
Performance Information
| Date | Sunday, March 29th, 2015, 4:00 P.M. |
| Venue | Historic Hoover Theatre (San Jose, CA) |
| Language | Italian |
CHORUS
| Kazuyo Fujimori | Paula Gutierrez | Nami Kakinami |
| Mayu Hashimoto | Angela Ikemoto | Ayano Nagaoka |
| Sumika Oki | Shihoko Sakamoto | Gordon Sasamori |
| Makiko Ueda | Gayatri Venkatesen | Jamie Villamor |
CAST
| Madama Butterfly (Cho-Cho-San) | Keiko Kagawa |
| Suzuki, Cho-Cho-San’s servant | Miho Ogawa |
| Kate Pinkerton | Yukiko Murmann |
| B. F. Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the United States Navy | Michael Boley |
| Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki | Krassen Karagiozov |
| Goro, a marriage broker | Kenji Nakai |
| Prince Yamadori | Yasuhiro Matsui |
| The Bonzo, Cho-Cho-San’s uncle | Daniel Morris |
| The Imperial Commissioner | Kazumasa Ashiya |
| The Official Registrar | |
| Cho-Cho-San’s Mother | Izumi Wakita |
| The Aunt | |
| The Cousin | |
| Trouble, Cho-Cho-San’s child | Xavier Yukito LaForge |
Narrator
Gordon Sasamori
Yamaha Electone
Mayumi Ashiya
Director
Keiko Kagawa
Production Poster
Photo Album
Photo Credit Kenji Nakai