[Met Performance] CID:152100
Madama Butterfly {299} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/3/1949.


Metropolitan Opera House
December 3, 1949


MADAMA BUTTERFLY {299}
Puccini-Illica/Giacosa

Cio-Cio-San.............Dorothy Kirsten
Pinkerton...............James Melton
Suzuki..................Jean Madeira
Sharpless...............John Brownlee
Goro....................Alessio De Paolis
Bonze...................Melchiorre Luise
Yamadori................George Cehanovsky
Kate Pinkerton..........Anne Bollinger
Commissioner............Denis Harbour

Conductor...............Giuseppe Antonicelli

Director................Désiré Defrère
Set designer............Joseph Urban

Madama Butterfly received seven performances this season.


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1949-50
• Madama Butterfly: Conductor [Antonicelli, Giuseppe]
• Madama Butterfly: Cio-Cio-San [Kirsten, Dorothy]
• Madama Butterfly: Pinkerton [Melton, James]
• Madama Butterfly: Suzuki [Madeira, Jean]
• Madama Butterfly: Sharpless [Brownlee, John]
• Madama Butterfly: Goro [De Paolis, Alessio]
• Madama Butterfly: Bonze [Luise, Melchiorre]
• Madama Butterfly: Yamadori [Cehanovsky, George]
• Madama Butterfly: Kate Pinkerton [Bollinger, Anne]
• Madama Butterfly: Commissioner [Harbour, Denis]
• Madama Butterfly: Director [Defrère, Désiré]
• Madama Butterfly: Set Designer [Urban, Joseph]
• 1949-50: Madama Butterfly: 7 performances: Statistics
Met Careers
• Antonicelli, Giuseppe [Conductor]
• Bollinger, Anne [Soprano]
• Brownlee, John [Baritone]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Harbour, Denis [Bass]
• Kirsten, Dorothy [Soprano]
• Luise, Melchiorre [Bass]
• Madeira, Jean [Mezzo Soprano]
• Melton, James [Tenor]
• Urban, Joseph [Set Designer]