Details

An American naval officer (Pinkerton) 'acquires' a 15 year old Geisha wife during a stay in Japan - but has no intention of staying with her. After a while he returns to the USA and marries his fiancee. Meanwhile, Butterfly waits for him for three years, cut off from her family, religion and culture by being an American wife. And she is now a mother. When he finally returns she is overjoyed, but he brings with him his new wife. Story originally published in a magazine.

Cast/Performers

Tim Evans (Pinkerton), Philip Creasy (Pinkerton), Fiona O'Neill (Butterfly), Nancy Yuen (Butterfly), Henry Newman (Sharpless), Adrian Clarke (Sharpless), Linda Hibberd (Suzuki), Frances Coad (Suzuki), David Bartleet (Goro), Alan Rankin Crooks (Goro), Aris Nadirian (Yamadori), Andrew Gallacher (The Bonze), Brendan Wheatley (The Bonze), Stephanie Crooks (Kate Pinkerton), Alan Rankin Crooks (Registrar), Gareth Davies (Registrar), Stephanie Crooks (Chorus), Tarsha Cole (Chorus), Tanya Kennedy (Chorus), Alan Rankin Crooks (Chorus)

Creatives/Company

Music: Puccini
Lyrics(s): Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica (1904)
Company: Opera Box
Conductor: Fraser Goulding