Madame Butterfly

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Event Madame Butterfly
Venue Townsville, Townsville, QLD
First Date 16 June 1956
Last Date 18 June 1956
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Opera
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jean Aitken Actor Chorus
Heather Begg Actor Suzuki (or Margreta Elkins)
Richard Bromley Actor Lieut. Pinkerton (or Walter Rychtowski)
Józef Drewniak Actor Commissioner / Registrar
Ailene Fischer Actor Madame Butterfly (or Valerie Ryan)
Dorothy Hitch Actor Kate Pinkerton (or Jean Reeve) / Chorus
John Limpus Actor Sharpless (or Robert Tasman-Smith)
Joy Mammen Actor Chorus
John Pooley Actor The Bonze / Yamadori
Harry Quick Actor Goro (or Keith Wright)
Jean Reeve Actor Kate Pinkerton (or Dorothy Hitch) / Chorus
Valerie Ryan Actor Madame Butterfly (or Ailene Fischer)
Walter Rychtowski Actor Lieut. Pinkerton (or Richard Bromley)
Robert Tasman-Smith Actor Sharpless (or John Limpus)
Keith Wright Actor Goro (or Harry Quick)
Ivan Rixon Collaborator Musical
Giacomo Puccini Composer
Wilfred Asplin Designer
Georg Tintner Musical Director
Mina Shelley Producer
Robert Allnut Stage Director
Margreta Elkins Suzuki (or Heather Begg). Note listed as Margaret Elkins in the programme.
Works
Text Nationality Italy
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Programme indicates that local children in each city performed as "Little Trouble".
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 151610