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Madama Butterfly, or the omnipresence of the director and his double

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Reviewed at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples on 20 July 2014
Puccini, Madama Butterfly
Teatro di San Carlo
Tito Ceccherini, Conductor
Pippo Delbono, Director
Giusi Giustino, Costume Designer
Nicola Rubertelli, Set Designer
Raffaella Angeletti, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)
Vincenzo Costanzo, Pinkerton
Marco Caria, Sharpless
Annamaria Pennisi, Suzuki
Miriam Artiaco, Kate Pinkerton
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