In which Puccini opera does Lieutenant Pinkerton appear?
"presented two major new productions, ""Madama Butterfly"" and ""Tosca"". In addition, the program included Puccini's first opera, ""Le Villi"", presented in concert, with performances by Katia Ricciarelli and Josè Cura. In 2004 the Puccini Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary by a season featuring two great events: one was a new production of ""Madama Butterfly"" celebrating the centenary of its première in Brescia on 28 May 1904. It was conducted by Plácido Domingo with Daniela Dessì and Fabio Armiliato in the leading roles. The second was a special evening dedicated to Puccini's heroines, presenting the most beloved arias from the Maestro's"
"and ""Lohengrin"". He also created roles in contemporary works such as ""Il cappello di paglia di Firenze"" by Nino Rota and ""La Guerra"" by Renzo Rossellini. He sang some 65 roles throughout his career. He also appeared in the screen adaptation of Puccini's """"Madame Butterfly"""", directed by Carmine Gallone in 1955, in the role of Pinkerton. Nicola Filacuridi Nicola Filacuridi (Greek: Νικόλαος Φυλακουρίδης, ""Nikólaos Phylakourídēs"") (Alexandria June 1, 1920 – Sydney February 12, 2009) was an Egyptian-born operatic tenor of Greek origin, who had an illustrious career in Italy in the 1950s. Filacuridi was born in Alexandria, Egypt into a"
"La Scala Opera Company (PLSOC) in 1938. He made his professional opera debut with the company on December 10 of that year as the Duke of Mantua in Verdi's ""Rigoletto"" with Robert Weede in the title role and Fritz Mahler conducting. He also sang Alfredo in ""La traviata"" with Annunciata Garrotto as Violetta and Weede as Germont during the company's 1938-1939 season. Peerce sang in several more performance with the PLSOC through 1941, singing Pinkerton in Puccini's ""Madama Butterfly"" with Elda Ercole as Cio-Cio-San, and reprising the roles of the Duke and Alfredo a number of times. In November 1939"
"were musical ones, and he was able to spend much of his service time playing trumpet and singing in a military band. After his military service ended in 1943, Pola continued his opera studies with Bertazzoni Barbieri and Leone Magiera. He made his professional opera debut in June, 1945, at the Teatro Comunale Modena as Mario Cavaradossi in Giacomo Puccini's ""Tosca"", opposite Sara Scuderi in the title role. He returned to that house soon after as Pinkerton in ""Madama Butterfly"" with Mafalda Favero in the title role, as Alfredo in ""La traviata"" with Margherita Carosio as Violetta, and as the"
"Italy in different cities and theaters, and also in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Canada, Portugal, France, Germany and Ireland. In 1958 he appeared in an Italian film, ""Carosello di Canzoni"". Though he was a favorite in Rome where he sang for many years at the Opera and Caracalla, he sang at the famous La Scala only in 1966, as Pinkerton and Turiddu. Though his repertory was basically that of a spinto tenor and he was always asked to repeat his well-known roles in ""Tosca"", ""La fanciulla del West"" or ""Cavalleria rusticana"", he also obtained acclaim in ""Nabucco"", ""Macbeth"", ""Fedora"", ""Andrea Chénier"","
"and helped launch his career. That career began in earnest with Del Monaco's debut on 31 December 1940 as Pinkerton at the Puccini Theater in Milan. (His initial appearance in an opera had occurred the previous year, however, in Mascagni's ""Cavalleria rusticana"" in Pesaro.) He sang in Italy during the Second World War and married, in 1941, Rina Filipini. In 1946, he appeared at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, for the first time. During the ensuing years he became famous not only in London but also across the operatic world for his powerful voice and heroic acting style. It"
"Theater"" (1944) and ""Harvest of Stars"" (1945). In 1941, a newspaper columnist described Melton as ""currently one of radio's busiest singers."" In the thirties, Melton also sang and acted on the Jack Benny Radio Shows. Although not distinguished as a dramatic actor, he also appeared in movie musicals, including ""Stars Over Broadway"" (1935), ""Sing Me a Love Song"" (1936), ""Melody for Two"" (1937) and the MGM revue, ""Ziegfeld Follies"" (1946). After voice training with Angelo Canarutto, Melton's operatic singing career took off in 1938 when he appeared with the Cincinnati Zoo Opera Company as Pinkerton in Puccini's ""Madama Butterfly"" and"
"expanded thereafter, with debuts in such cities as Rome, Naples, Palermo, Venice, Genoa, Trieste, Bologna, and Catania. He made his La Scala debut on 4 March 1961, as Pinkerton, under Gianandrea Gavazzeni. Outside of Italy, in 1959, Cioni made his American debut at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, followed by a concert performance of ""Il duca d'Alba"" at Carnegie Hall in New York, which he had also sung earlier that year at the Spoleto Festival. He made his debut at the San Francisco Opera in 1961, as Edgardo. His UK debut was at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden"
"Pinkerton, and as Narraboth in Salome at Santa Fe Opera and Opera San Antonio. Other engagements include his debuts at the Metropolitan Opera as Count Elemer in Arabella, Don José in Carmen at Opéra de Limoges, Cavaradossi at Santa Fe Opera and Deutsche Oper Berlin, Alfredo in La traviata at Opera Grand Rapids and with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos and Matteo in Arabella with Minnesota Opera, Rodolfo in La bohéme with Lorin Maazel and the Münchner Philharmoniker, at the Castleton Festival, and Syracuse Opera, Pinkerton at the Virginia Opera and Minnesota Opera, and his European"
"dedicated himself to teaching. Amongst his pupils were Richard Tucker, Eleanor Steber, Astrid Varnay, and Léopold Simoneau. He died on February 6, 1954 in Manhattan, New York City, and was buried in Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hartsdale, New York. Paul Althouse Paul Shearer Althouse (December 2, 1889 – February 6, 1954) was an American opera singer. He began his career as a lyric tenor with a robust Italianate sound, in roles like Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca, Lieutenant Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana. He later branched out into the dramatic tenor repertoire, finding success in portraying"
"well as North and South America, performing Don José in ""Carmen"" at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Canadian Opera Company, with the Simon Bolivar Orchestra in Caracas, Venezuela, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, and at La Scala Milan. He has also sung the role of Pinkerton in ""Madama Butterfly"" with English National Opera and the Canadian Opera Company, Cavaradossi in ""Tosca"" with Opéra National de Bordeaux, Guido in ""A Florentine Tragedy"" and Arturo in ""I Puritani"" with Greek National Opera, Énée in ""Les Troyens"" with the Netherlands Opera, and the Prince in ""Rusalka"" with the Boston Lyric Opera."
"his professional debut at Belluno in 1898. His tenor debut—as Canio—did not come until the following year, at Naples. Zenatello's operatic career gathered momentum during the early years of the 20th century, and on 17 February 1904 he created the role of Pinkerton in the world première of Giacomo Puccini's ""Madama Butterfly"" at La Scala, Milan. La Scala was Italy's leading opera house, and he remained a member of its company of singers until 1907. He also sang at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in 1905/06 and 1908/09; at the Manhattan Opera House in 1907 to 1910; and"
"2014. Jagde made his house debuts at Covent Garden as Lt. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Lyric Opera of Chicago as Cavaradossi in Tosca, at the Teatro di San Carlo as Don José in Carmen, as the Prince in Rusalka at Houston Grand Opera, at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia as Ismaele in Nabucco, as Pinkerton at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, at Palm Beach Opera as Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos, and with the Ópera de Bellas Artes as Rodolfo in La Bohéme. He has also performed at San Francisco Opera as Cavaradossi in Tosca, Don José, and"
"Pinkerton from Puccini's ""Madama Butterfly"". Noreika's creative biography comprises more than 40 operatic roles: Cavaradossi from ""Tosca"" by Puccini, Faust from ""Faust"" by Gounod, Rudolfo from ""La bohème"" by Puccini, Otello from ""Otello"" by Verdi, to name a few. Noreika has performed in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theatre, in Buenos Aires at the Teatro Colón, in Paris at the Opéra National de Paris, and many other famous opera houses. Noreika has sung in more than 30 foreign theaters, participated in more than 1000 performances, given approximately 600 solo concerts, recorded 20 phonographic records and CDs. In 1997, he celebrated his"
"United States and Europe. Other notable roles with the company include Pinkerton in Giacomo Puccini's ""Madama Butterfly"" (1999), both Nereo and Wagner in Boito's ""Mefistofele"" (1999), Nemorino in Gaetano Donizetti's ""L'elisir d'amore"" (2000), Ferrando in Mozart's ""Così fan tutte"" (2001), Arcadio in Daniel Catán's ""Florencia en el Amazonas"" (2001), Janek in Leoš Janáček's ""The Makropolous Case"" (2002), Camille de Rosillon in Franz Lehár's ""The Merry Widow"" (2003), Tamino in Mozart's ""The Magic Flute"" (2004), and Don Jose in Georges Bizet's ""Carmen"" (2006). He has also sung roles in several more world premieres at the HGO, including Prisoner No. 1 in"
"made his first appearance with at an actual opera house as the title hero in Charles Gounod's ""Faust"" with Cincinnati Opera. The following fall he once again traveled with the Charles Wagner Opera Company, this time singing Don José in Bizet's ""Carmen"" opposite Sill's Micaëla. Over the next five years he appeared in several houses throughout the United States including the Baltimore Opera Company and the Houston Grand Opera. In 1957 Alexander made his debut with the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company as Lieutenant Pinkerton in Puccini's ""Madama Butterfly"" opposite Dorothy Kirsten as Cio-Cio San. That same year he made his"
"1986, Ciannella returned to the house only one more time during his career for a 1996 production of Puccini's ""Turandot"". His final and 112th performance at the Met was as Prince Calàf to Ruth Falcon's Turandot on June 14, 1996. Ciannella was also a regular performer with the Lyric Opera of Chicago during the 1980s. He made his debut with the company as Pinkerton on November 17, 1982 with Elena Mauti Nunziata as Cio–Cio–San, Elena Zilio as Suzuki, and Sesto Bruscantini as Sharpless. His other roles in Chicago included Enzo Grimaldo in ""La Gioconda"", Manrico, and Rodolfo among others. His"
"the Giacomo Puccini opera ""Turandot"". However, because Giorgio refuses to leave his wife, Pamela throws him a kiss and leaves the Met while Giorgio is singing ""Nessun Dorma"" to her. The song ""If We Were in Love"" was written by John Williams for the movie, and was nominated by the Academy Awards for Best Music, Original Song and nominated for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture by the Golden Globes. Pavarotti was nominated by the Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Actor and Worst New Star as well as a nominee for Worst Screenplay for Norman Steinberg. ""Yes, Giorgio"" grossed"
"of Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly by Puccini). After that performance, he signed a contract with the theater ""La Scala"" on the leading rols of the operas ""Boris Godunov"" and Tosca. The performances were conducted by Claudio Abbado, then he was principal conductor of La Scala. ""But politics interfered. The Mussorgsky opera was being staged by Yuri Lyubimov, the famous Moscow director-dissident already in conflict with the government (he was later stripped of his citizenship, in 1984). The production was in rehearsals when the Soviet union Ministry of Culture asked Grigorian to cancel his participation. As the singer described it at the"
"late 1971, he won first prize in Parma's prestigious Voci Verdiane competition which led to his Italian debut as Rodolfo in ""La bohème"" at the Teatro Regio di Parma on 12 January 1972. Later that year he made his American debut as Pinkerton in ""Madama Butterfly"" with the New York City Opera. Other major house debuts followed – the San Francisco Opera in 1973, as Rodolfo; the Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company in 1973, as Alfredo in ""La traviata""; the Vienna Staatsoper in 1974, as the Duke of Mantua in ""Rigoletto""; London's Royal Opera House in 1974, as Alfredo; the New"
"the city. He enters the garden, greets Pinkerton and Goro, and admires the view that overlooks Nagasaki's harbor and the sea. Pinkerton tells Sharpless that he has just purchased the little house for 999 years, with the right every month to cancel the agreement. Pinkerton explains that, in Japan, the law is very loose. 3. ""Dovunque al mondo"" (""Throughout the world""). As the orchestra plays the opening flourish to ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" (a musical theme which will characterize Pinkerton throughout the opera), Pinkerton tells Sharpless that, throughout the world, the Yankee wanderer is not satisfied until he captures the flowers"
"Miura won international fame for her performances as Cio-Cio-san. A memorial to this singer, along with one to Puccini, can be found in the Glover Garden in the port city of Nagasaki, where the opera is set. In 1904, a U.S. naval officer named Pinkerton rents a house on a hill in Nagasaki, Japan, for himself and his soon-to-be wife, ""Butterfly"". Her real name is Ciocio-san (""cio-cio"", pronounced ""chocho"" [t͡ʃoːt͡ʃoː], the Japanese word for ; ""san"" is a plain honorific). She is a 15-year-old Japanese girl whom he is marrying for convenience, and he intends to leave her once he"
"Antonello Palombi Antonello Palombi (born in Spoleto, Italy) is an Italian operatic tenor. Palombi joined the Carabinieri, Italy’s paramilitary police force, when he was 20. (His father was also in the Carabinieri). While stationed in Perugia and Florence, he also sang in the cathedral choir of Todi. At the suggestion of the choirmaster there, he decided to study singing seriously. After private lessons he made his debut in 1990, as Pinkerton in ""Madama Butterfly"" in the small German city of Fürth. He went on to sing in various European and Italian opera houses. He made his American debut in 2004"
"in Los Angeles during the World Cup. The concert was watched on television by 1.3 billion people worldwide. The aria that Bernini sings near the end of the film, ""Nessun Dorma"" from Puccini's ""Turandot"", became Luciano Pavarotti's best-known song and reached the second spot on the British charts in 1990. He popularized the aria, which soon became a football anthem and regularly recorded by pop stars, in addition to classical singers. In the film, Palacios also briefly mentions the Verdi opera, ""Otello"", Plácido Domingo's signature role for almost three decades. For the movie, Spanish tenors Manuel de Diego and José"
"Puccini roles: Sharpless in ""Madama Butterfly"" (La Scala, 1904) and the title role in ""Gianni Schicchi"" (Metropolitan Opera, 1918). He also created the Marquess in Massenet's ""Grisélidis"", Michonnet in Cilea's ""Adriana Lecouvreur"", Gleby in Giordano's ""Siberia"" (1903), and Sancho Panza in Massenet's ""Don Quichotte"" opposite Feodor Chaliapin. The illustrious conductor Arturo Toscanini is reputed to have once called De Luca ""absolutely the best baritone I ever heard"". Certainly, he was praised by critics and audiences alike in a wide range of operatic roles, ranging from buffo and bel canto parts through to the core Verdi and Puccini characters. He even"
"the arrival of Pinkerton's ship, but it proves to be her last; Butterfly learns that Pinkerton has married another woman, and at the end of the opera the distraught Butterfly takes her own life. ""Un bel dì vedremo"" is especially significant as it appeals to audiences with its emotive melody but also encapsulates the tragedy at the heart of the opera, foretelling Cio-Cio San's inevitable demise. The aria was first performed by the well-known soprano Rosina Storchio at the premiere of ""Madama Butterfly"" on 17 February 1904 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. In the revised version of the"
"the United States, Canada and Mexico between July 1947 and May 1948 with bass George London and soprano Frances Yeend. Reviewing his second appearance at Chicago's Grant Park in July 1947 in the ""Chicago Sunday Tribune"", Claudia Cassidy praised Lanza's ""superbly natural tenor"" and observed that ""though a multitude of fine points evade him, he possesses the things almost impossible to learn. He knows the accent that makes a lyric line reach its audience, and he knows why opera is music drama."" In April 1948, Lanza sang two performances as Pinkerton in Puccini's ""Madama Butterfly"" for the New Orleans Opera"
"in Pavia, as Pinkerton, in 1946. His career took off in 1948, when he made his debut at La Scala in Milan, as Calaf in ""Turandot"". He was invited at the Teatro Nacional Sao Carlos in Lisbon, and the Liceu in Barcelona, also making guest appearances in Zurich, Nice, Tunis, etc. In 1957, he sang Don José at the Verona Arena, and Radames at the Chorégies d'Orange, which was also his farewell role in Tel Aviv in 1959. He made a few recordings with the Italian radio (RAI) and later released by Cetra, notably; ""Manon Lescaut"", opposite Clara Petrella, ""La"
"tutte""; also, Figaro in ""Il barbiere di Siviglia"", both Belcore and Dulcamara in ""Elisir d'amore"", and Malatesta and the title role in ""Don Pasquale"". He was once an expontent of ""Gianni Schicchi"" by Giacomo Puccini for many years, singing the role in Genova as recently as 2011, at the age of 87. He has sung at the Paris Opera, in the Staatsoper, Frankfurt and at the Glyndebourne Festival. Panerai often partnered with Maria Callas and Giuseppe di Stefano, as in: ""Il Trovatore"", ""Cavalleria Rusticana"", ""Pagliacci"", ""Lucia di Lammermoor"", ""I Puritani"" and ""La bohème"". He also recorded a notable Sharpless in"
"Giuseppe Giacomini Giuseppe Giacomini (*September 7, 1940; Veggiano near Padua, Italy) is an Italian dramatic tenor. An impressive tenor voice thanks to its richness and power, Giacomini, known as ""Bepi"" amongst his fans, recently celebrated his 40th anniversary of singing. Giacomini began his vocal career studying with Elena Ceriati, Marcello del Monaco and Vladimiro Badiali. After some success with song competitions around Italy, he made his professional debut in 1966 in Vercelli, as Pinkerton in ""Madame Butterfly"". In 1969 he performed as Turiddu (""Cavalleria rusticana"") and Des Grieux (""Manon Lescaut"") in Parma and Modena. His first engagement outside Italy was"
"Barry Morell Barry Morell (March 30, 1927 – December 4, 2003) was an American operatic tenor, particularly associated with the Italian and French repertoire. He was born in New York City, and studied at The Juilliard School with Giuseppe Danise. He made his debut as Pinkerton in ""Madama Butterfly"" at the New York City Opera in 1955, and again as Pinkerton, at the Metropolitan Opera in 1958 (opposite Victoria de los Ángeles, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf), where he was to sing regularly until 1979, mostly in lyric roles such as Edgardo, Macduff, Duke of Mantua, Alfredo, Rodolfo, Faust, Hoffmann, Turridu,"
"Opera debut in March 2010 as Alfredo in Verdi's ""La traviata"" in a cast that included Angela Gheorghiu and Thomas Hampson, and at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in the same role in June 2010. His roles include Cavaradossi in ""Tosca"", Don José in ""Carmen"", Don Carlo in ""Don Carlo"", the Duke of Mantua in ""Rigoletto"", Lt. Pinkerton in ""Madama Butterfly"", Maurizio in ""Adriana Lecouvreur"", Edgardo in ""Lucia di Lammermoor"", Werther in ""Werther"" and Doctor Faust in ""Faust"". Valenti is an ambassador for Children International and resides in West Palm Beach, Florida. New York City Opera Renaissance mounted Puccini’s"
"traviata"", opposite Rosanna Carteri and Carlo Tagliabue, ""Adriana Lecouvreur"", opposite Marcella Pobbé and Fedora Barbieri, and ""Un ballo in maschera"", again with Pobbé. In 1954 he starred in the role of Pinkerton in the film adaptation of ""Madama Butterfly"" directed by Carmine Gallone and shot on location in Italy. He also began making guest appearances outside Italy, notably at the Monte Carlo Opera, at La Monnaie in Brussels, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, and the festivals of Aix-en-Provence and Glyndebourne. He also appeared in Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Brazil, the Dallas Opera opposite Maria Callas and"