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, September 11th, 2011, 7:00 P.M. |
| Venue | Hakone Garden (Saratoga, CA) |
| Language | Italian |
CHORUS
| Kazuyo Fujimori | Keiko Kokawa | Hikaru Kotani |
| Tomoko Ishii | Masako Yamamoto | Makiko Ueda |
| Akiko Nakamura | Natsuki Nakamura | Yuzuko Nakamura |
| Miho Ogawa | Kyoko Shimozaki |
CAST
| Madama Butterfly (Cho-Cho-San) | Keiko Kagawa |
| Suzuki, Cho-Cho-San’s servant | Cathleen Candia |
| Kate Pinkerton | Emily Linden |
| B. F. Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the United States Navy | Christopher Bengochea |
| Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki | John Minágro |
| Goro, a marriage broker | Yoshiaki Shiraishi / Kent Koike |
| Prince Yamadori | Kenji Nakai |
| Trouble, Cho-Cho-San’s child | Kaho Laforge |
Narrator
Gordon Sasamori
Yamaha Electone
Mayumi Ashiya
Director
Keiko Kagawa
Production Poster
Photo Album
Photo Credit Kenji Nakai