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  Madame Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
 
 

 

Program Notes Madama Butterfly
Roles
 
Artists
 
   
Cio-Cio San
   
  Fridays, February 26 & March 5 at 7:30 pm 
Lt. B.F. Pinkerton
   
  Sundays, February 28 & March 7 at 2:00 pm 
Sharpless
   
  Sung in Italian with projected English captions
Suzuki
   
  Performed at McIntyre Hall
Goro
  Karl Marx Reyes  
  2501 E. College Way  Prince Yamadori Woong Kim  
Mount Vernon, WA The Bonze Richard Riddell  
  Kate Pinkerton   Beth Wallace  
Artistic
&
Technical Staff
The Imperial Commisioner   Eric Hall  
General Director
The Mother   Betsy Senff  
Conductor
The Aunt   Celie Thomas  
Stage Director
Uncle Yakuside   Paul Gauger  
Technical Director
Bruce Weech
The Cousin  

Kristine Gibbons

 
Hair & Makeup
Mary Bingham
       
 
Costume Coordinator
Lynne Rittenhouse
The Chorus      
Chorus Coordinator
Eric Hall

Elizabeth Morgan

 

Lynn Martindell

 
 
Orchestra Coordinator
Stephanie Bethea

Ashley Rinas

 

Jill Likkel

 
Photography
Eric Hall & Gary Brown

Miriam Gnagy

 

Carolynn Comstock

 
         

Chris Galbraith

 

Wilma Torretta

 
  The Orchestra      

Lisa Schultz

 

Jill Boudreau

 
  violin 1   Barb Spadavecchia*  

Hope Dean

 

Nancy Pates-Riches

 
      Yelena Nelson  

Connie Shultz

 

Jim Owen

 
      Christine Wilkinson  

Mitchell Kahn

 

Ray Riches

 
      Eric Frankenfeld  

Robert Slabodnik

 

Rick Bulcroft

 
      Laura Barnes  

 

 

Ron Wohl

 
      Kristina Snyder          
  violin 2   Gaye Davis
Chorus
 
      Vicki Archer  
      Maritza Soto  
      Christina Buckingham    
      Ruth Buckingham  
  viola   Morgan Schwab  
      Jane Frankenfeld  
      Karla West  
      Charles Terpenning  
  cello   Celia Obrecht  
      Amy Buckingham  
      David Jones  
  doublebass   Thomas Mayes  
  harp   Juliet Stratton  
  flute   Stephanie Bethea  
      Adrienne Eide  
  oboe   Kristin Gillig  
  clarinet   Eugene Zoro The Skagit Opera Chorus for Madame Butterfly  
      Barry Ulman          
  bassoon   Pat Nelson          
  French horn   Jim Gaudette          
      John Sheppard          
  trumpet   Kipp Otterness          
      Steve Sperry          
  trombone   Peter Ormsby          
  timpani   Theresa Goldston          
  percussion   Dean Bunnell          
                 
      *Concertmaster