Kate Pinkerton (Audrey Welsh) meets Suzuki (Nozomi Kato)

Pittsburgh Opera presents ‘Madama Butterfly’ Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

CAST (in order of vocal appearance):

B.F. Pinkerton - Eric Taylor+

Goro - Julius Ahn

Suzuki - Nozomi Kato+

Sharpless - Nmon Ford

Cio-Cio-San - Karah Son+

Cio-Cio-San's Mother - Veronika Schmidt^

The Cousin - Lilly Abreu^

Yakusidé - Yazid Gray**

The Aunt - Christina McCann^

The Imperial Commissioner - Erik Nordstrom*

The Official Registrar - Jacob Junbo Zhou+

The Bonze - Hyungjin Son+

Prince Yamadori - Jacob Junbo Zhou+

Kate Pinkerton - Audrey Welsh*

Trouble: (3/22, 3/28) Risa Kozai+; (3/25, 3/30) Roy Santarella+

THE ARTISTIC TEAM:

Conductor - Antony Walker

Revival / Associate Stage Director - Melanie Bacaling+

Set Designer - dots

Costume Designer - Maiko Matsushima+

Wig and Make-up Designer - James Geier

Assistant Wig and Make-up Designers - Candace Leyland, Travis Klingler

Lighting Designer - Kristina Kloss

Original Lighting Designer - Yuki Nakase Link

Stage Manager - Cindy Knight

Assistant Conductor - Glenn Lewis

Chorus Master - Mark Trawka

Associate Coach / Pianist - James Lesniak

Resident Artist Pianist - Maeve Berry*

Assistant Stage Director - Anderson Nunnelley+

Assistant Stage Director - Dana Kinney*

Assistant Stage Managers - Bee Anderson, Tess Naval

Original production conceived and directed by Matthew Ozawa

Pittsburgh Opera debut

Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist

** Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist alumnus

^ Pittsburgh Opera Chorister

A Co-Production of Pittsburgh Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Detroit Opera, and Utah Opera.

PITTSBURGH OPERA ORCHESTRA

VIOLIN I

Charles Stegeman, Concertmaster

Rachel Stegeman, Assistant Concertmaster

Jennifer Madge

MaryBeth Schotting

Maureen Conlon-Gutierrez

Kate Massagli Black

Sara Schaft

Sean Elliott

Kerry Broker

Anne Victoria Nasevich

VIOLIN II

Anne Jackovic Moskal, Principal

Joshua Huang, Assistant Principal

Rochelle Agnew

Jonathan R. Moser

Claire Gallagher

Richard Palermo

Josef Muller

Abril Nunez

VIOLA

Jennifer Gerhard Mangone, Principal

Louise Farbman, Assistant Principal

Rebecca Rothermel

John McCarthy

Johann Diaz

Stephen Weiss

CELLO

Kathleen Melucci, Principal

Elisa Kohanski, Acting Assistant Principal

Paula Tuttle

Joseph Bishkoff, Jr.

Freya Samuels

Will Teegarden

BASS

Jeffrey T. Mangone, Sr., Principal

Andrew Kohn, Assistant Principal

Robert J. Skavronski

J. Michael Priester

FLUTE

Barbara O’Brien, Principal

Julie McGough

Alyssa Pysola

PICCOLO

Alyssa Pysola

OBOE

Robert Driscoll, Jr., Principal

Cynthia Anderson

ENGLISH HORN

Cynthia Warren

CLARINET

Alix Reinhardt, Acting Principal

Kira Bokalders

BASS CLARINET

Ryan Leonard

BASSOON

Linda Morton Fisher, Principal

Don Hollis

HORN

Evan Geiger, Principal

Emerson Miller

Molly Flanagan

Jason Allison

TRUMPET

Christopher Wilson, Principal

Karen Lee Sloneker

Dave Anderson

TROMBONE

John Sebastian Vera, Principal

Taylor Jones

Glenn Wayland

TUBA

Philip VanOuse, Principal

TIMPANI

Julie Angelis Boehler, Acting Principal

PERCUSSION

Jan Fung, Principal

Daniel Gostein

Tom Milchick

HARP

Nuiko Wadden, Principal

LIBRARIAN

Eleanor Cameron

PERSONNEL MANAGER

Kristen Martin

The Musicians of the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.