Cast & Characters

The Cast

Conductor: Patrick Summers
Cio-Cio-San: Patricia Racette
Suzuki: Maria Zifchak
Pinkerton: Marcello Giordani
Sharpless: Dwayne Croft

The Characters

Cio-Cio-San (CHO-cho-sahn), known as Butterfly, a young Japanese geisha.

Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton, an officer in the United States Navy.

Sharpless, the American Consul and friend of Pinkerton.

Suzuki (soo-ZOO-kee), Butterfly's maid.

The Bonze (BAHNZ), Butterfly's uncle, a Buddhist priest.

Goro (GOH-roh), a marriage broker.

Yamadori (yah-mah-DOH-ree), a Japanese nobleman.

Kate Pinkerton, Lieutenant Pinkerton's American wife.

Sorrow, Butterfly and Pinkerton's child.