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A visually stunning Madama Butterfly from New Zealand Opera

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Reviewed at Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Auckland on 18 April 2013
Puccini, Madama Butterfly
New Zealand Opera
Antoinette Halloran, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)
Peter Savidge, Sharpless
Lucy Schaufer, Suzuki
James Benjamin Rodgers, Goro
Jared Holt, Prince Yamadori
Piero Pretti, Pinkerton
Richard Green, The Bonze
Bianca Andrew, Kate Pinkerton
Kieran Rayner, The Imperial Commissioner
Tobias Ringborg, Conductor
Kate Cherry, Director
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