Giacomo Puccini

MADAMA BUTTERFLY

Libretto: Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa

Sawakami Opera Festival, Nagoya, Japan

- Premiere: September 26, 2019 -

Conductor: Hirofumi Yoshida

Director: Gabriele Ribis

Assistant Director: Tadija Miletić

Lighting Designer: Jean-Paul Caradori

Cio-Cio-San (Madame Butterfly): Renata Campanella
B. F. Pinkerton, Lieutenant: Lorenzo DeCarlo / Max Yota
Sharpless, Consul: Marcello Rogerro / Pier Luigi Direnzite
Suzuki, Maid: Sofia Coverize / Arianna Manganello
Goro, Matchmaker: Makoto Kuraishi
Bonzo, Uncle: Teppei Matsunaka
Kate Pinkerton, Wife: Sarah Cappellini Maggiore
The Imperial Commissioner: Seiji Tomosugi
Yamadori, Prince: Hitoshi Fujiyama

Orchestra: Bologna Philharmonic Orchestra, Verona Philharmonic Choir Choir Master: Armando Tasso

Supervisor: Luka Ramazzotti · Expert Consultant: sensei Kikuori Nishikawa · Organizer: Japan Opera Festival Executive Committee, Sawakami Opera Arts Foundation · Co-sponsor: Nagoya City Television Aichi · Sponsor: Matsuzakaya Nagoya Store Daiwa Alloy Co., Ltd, Daido Co., Ltd · Support: Italian Embassy in Japan, Italian Cultural Center, Japan-Italy Association, Nagoya City Board of Education, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chubu, Economic Federation Nagoya Convention & Visitors Bureau · Subsidy: Agency for Cultural Affairs Cultural Arts Promotion Subsidy (International Art Exchange Support Project, Japan Arts Council)