HAWAI`I OPERA THEATRE

HOT’s lavish staging of the tragic Puccini masterpiece…

Both singers [Karen Chia-Ling Ho and John Pickle] were in fine form, with Ho’s powerful, pure vocals soaring in Cio-Cio-san’s most famous aria, “Un bel di vedremo”

— Honolulu Star Advertiser

The season came to a thrilling close with the opera that launched the Company back in 1961, Madame Butterfly. Several seasoned operagoers commented that it was the best Butterfly that they’d ever seen. The world-class cast, chorus, orchestra, beautiful sets and costumes — this was opera firing on all cylinders!

— Andrew Morgan, General Director of HOT

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Conductor: Benjamin Makino

Lighting: Connie Yu

Costumes: Anne Namba & Katherine James

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Goro: Taka Komagata

Pinkerton: John Pickle

Suzuki: Alice Chung

Sharpless: Levi Hernandez

Cio-Cio San: Karen Chia-Ling Ho

Commissioner: Ian McGuffin

The Bonze: Robert Feng

Prince Yamidori: Robert Feng

Kate Pinkerton: Laurie Rubin

Trouble: Leah Hayasaka

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Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall

Honolulu, HI

April 8, 10, 12 2022

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