THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE da4r OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ño FRANCIS T. CHRISTY, President wzr n .1i BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC WILLIAM B. HEWSON, Chairman, Governing Committee WM. MCKELVY MARTIN, Director Brooklyn Opera Company, Inc. GUIDO G. SALMAGGI, General Director in association with the Brooklyn Academy of Music presents 1960 FALL SEASON -;, --- lo'_ %I(ar f, ú1 Löe SATURDAY EVENING SATURDAY EVENING SATURDAY EVENING at 8:30 P.M. at 8:30 P.M. September 24th, 1960 at 8:30 P.M. GALA OPERA October Ist, 1960 October 8th, 1960 CONCERT MADAMA followed by RIGOLETTO GIANNI SCHICCHI BUTTERFLY THE OPERA HOUSE FALL SEASON 1960 FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a red light SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1ST, 1960 AT 8:30 O'CLOCK and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the BROOKLYN OPERA COMPANY, INC. shortest route to the street. In the event of fire MADAMA BUTTERFLY please do not run - WALK TO THAT EXIT. Opera in Three Acts (In Italian) Music by Giacomo Puccini EDWARD F. CA V ANAGH, JR., Libretto by Illica and Giacosa First produced at La Scala of Milan, Italy, February 17, 1904. EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 1960 AT 8:30 O'CLOCK Fire Commissioner SATURDAY Conductor: CARLO MORESCO OPERATIC CONCERT It is urgent for the comfort and safety of all that Staged by FAUSTO BOZZA patrons refrain from lighting matches in this theater. Madama Butterfly, "Cio -Cio -San" .... DIANA MONCADO ... in Algeri" ROSSINI Overture to "L'Italiana Suziki, her servant ............ ......... MARIA MARTELL Orchestra B. F. Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy ......... EDDY RUHL voca poco fa" ROSSINI "Una Kate Pinkerton, his American wife ....... ............... YOLANDA ANTOINE from "THE BARBER OF SEVILLE" Jeanette Scovotti Sharpless, U.S. Consul at Nagasaki ...... RICHARD TORIGI ADRIEN LA CHANCE DONIZETTI _...... "Una furtiva lagrima" Goro, a marriage broker .............. from "L'ELISIR D'AMORE" Prince Yamadori, suitor for Cio -Cio -San ... ROBERT FALK William Lewis The Bonze, Cio -Cio -San's uncle .. ...... ............... ... .. LLOYD HARRIS "Ah fors' é lui" Imperial Commissioner .......... _....... ROBERT FALK VERDI _ from "LA TRAVIATA" Little Trouble .. .. .. .... .. ... LINDA McCONVILLE Maria di Gerlando Cio -Cio -San's Relations and Friends; Servants. MOZART . "Se Vuol Ballare" SYNOPSIS OF SCENES from "THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO" The action takes place at Nagasaki, Japan about 1900. Jose Ferrer ACT I. Exterior of Pinkerton's rented house at Nagasaki. DONIZETTI .. ... "Oh mio Fernando" ACT II. The interior of the house; three years later. from "LA FAVORITA" ACT III. The same morning. Elaine Bonazzi PUCCINI ..................... ... "Rodolfo's Narrative" "Mi Chiamano Mimi" RIGOLETTO '1(Biiil SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8TH, 1960 AT 8:30 O'CLOCK "Oh Soave Fanciulla" _... i li é° from "LA BOHEME" Opera in Four Acts (In Italian) Music by Guiseppe Verdi Lewis Maria di Gerlando and William Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on Victor Hugo's "Le Roi s'amuse" First produced at the Venice Theatre, Venice, Italy, March 11, 1851 Conductor: CARLO MORESCO Staged by ANTHONY STIVANELLO GIANNI SCHICCHI Choreographer: ALAN BANKS Opera in One Act (In English) Music by Giacomo Puccini Rigoletto, a hunchback jester ............ ........ .............. IGOR GORIN Gilda, his daughter . _... ........ LOUISA DE SETT Libretto by Gioacchino Forzano ........ The Duke of Mantua, a nobleman _ ........... .... ENRICO DI GIUSEPPE Based on an episode in Dante (Inferno XXV and XXX) Count Ceprano, a nobleman _. __ _.. CARLO COSCIA By arrangement with G. Ricordi & Company, Inc. Countess Ceprano, his wife ....... ............................... JUDITH MALLIN World Premiere at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, December 14, 1918 Count Monterone, a nobleman _. ROBERT FALK LA CHANCE Conductor: EARL WILD Borsa, a courtier ......... .... ....... ADRIEN Sparafucile, a hired assassin FRANK LOMBARDO Staged by JOSE FERRER Maddalena, his sister ... ..._....... ... HARRIET SENZ Gianni Schicchi JOSE FERRER / Marullo, a courtier .... ........... JULES SASSANI Lauretta, his daughter JEANETTE SCOVOTTI Giovanna, Gilda's nurse .... ......... ............................... KATHY BRYCE The relatives of Buoso Donati: A Page ... ........... .. KATHY BRYCE Zita, called the "Old Woman ", Buoso's cousin ELAINE BONAZZI Courtiers and Noblemen. Dances by the BROOKLYN CIVIC BALLET Rinuccio, Zita's nephew, in love with Lauretta WILLIAM LEWIS Incidental Gherardo, Buoso's nephew ROBERT MACKIE SYNOPSIS OF SCENES Nella, his wife MARIA di GERLANDO The action takes place at Mantua, Italy, during the Sixteenth Century. I. A in the Ducal Palace, Mantua. Gherardino, their son ALEXIS DI TULLIO ACT ballroom ACT II. Exterior of Rigoletto's house. Betto, of Signa, Buoso's brother -in -law ROBERT TREHY ACT III. A room in the Ducal Palace. Simone, Buoso's cousin GIMI BENI ACT IV. An ancient inn; Sparafucile's home. Marco, his son RODNEY STENBORG Costumes by STIVANELLO COSTUME COMPANY, INC. La Ciesca, Marco's wife MARILYN KING Ballet Costumes by KATHE BERL. Master Spinelloccio, Physician ROBERT FALK Wigs by ELLA BOUCHARD. 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