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Madama Butterfly Full Credits

Cast

A portrait of Eri Nakamura

Eri Nakamura

Cio-Cio San (Butterfly)
A portrait of Kang Wang

Kang Wang

Pinkerton

Hyona Kim

Suzuki

Michael Sumuel

Sharpless
A portrait of Julius Ahn

Julius Ahn

Goro

Samuel Chan

Yamadori/The Commissioner

Gene Wu

Bonze

Emily Rocha

Kate Pinkerton (January 24 to February 6)

Karoline Podolak

Kate Pinkerton (February 8 to 16)

Keith Lam

Official Registrar

Taras Chmil

Yakuside

Lindsay Barrett

Cio-Cio San’s Mother

Erica Iris Huang

The Aunt

Nathania-Rose Chan

The Cousin

Naleya Sayavong

Sorrow

Creative

Keri-Lynn Wilson

Conductor

Simone Luti

Assistant Conductor and Head Coach

Michael Grandage

Original Director

Jordan Lee Braun

Revival Director

Maer Gronsdal

Assistant Director

Christopher Oram

Set & Costume Designer

Neil Austin

Original Lighting Designer
A portrait of Lighting Designer Mikael Kangas

Mikael Kangas

Revival Lighting Designer
A portrait of Sandra Horst

Sandra Horst

Price Family Chorus Master

Nao Kusuzaki

Movement Director

Siobhan Richardson

Resident Fight & Intimacy Coordinator

Kate Porter

Stage Manager

Al Gadowsky

Assistant Stage Manager

Meghan Speakman

Assistant Stage Manager

Conner Bustamante

Apprentice Stage Manager
A portrait of Timothy Cheung

Timothy Cheung

Répéttiteur

Born in Hong Kong, Timothy Cheung is a pianist and vocal coach based in Toronto. A graduate of multiple prestigious young artist programs — the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio, the Merola Opera Program, and Music Academy of the West — he has gone on to work extensively in Canada and the United States. At Palm Beach Opera, he served as the Principal Coach and the Head Coach of the Benenson Young Artist Program. At Teatro Nuovo in New York, formerly Bel Canto at Caramoor, he works in a hybrid role of music staff and administrator. He has been the music director for many outreach programs at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. He has also worked as a music staff member for Houston Grand Opera. Mr. Cheung holds a Master of Music in Collaborative Piano and a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Western Ontario.

Mattia Senesi

Ensemble Studio Coach

Mattia Senesi is an Italian pianist born in Arezzo, Italy. He graduated with honours at Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali (ISSM) Franci of Siena and then completed his master’s in piano performance with honours at ISSM Mascagni of Livorno. During his studies, Senesi won several national and international competitions, both as a soloist and as part of chamber music ensembles. He has collaborated with different choirs and opera ensembles in Italy and North America, such as Coro Voceincanto, Ensemble Modulation, Choir Massenet, University of Tennessee Opera Theater, and Opera Viva! Summer program in Verona, Italy. Currently, Senesi is completing his doctorate in Collaborative Piano at the University of Montreal, where he also served as a collaborative pianist for Projet Nouvel Opéra, Opéra de l’Université de Montreal, and for the university’s École LUMI. 

Chorus

Sopranos

  • Lindsay Barrett

  • Mary Bella

  • Virginia Hatfield

  • Leanne Kaufman

  • Alexandra Lennox

  • Eve Rachel McLeod

  • Kathleen (Katie) Murphy

  • Tiffanie Samuels

  • Ilana Zarankin

Mezzo-Sopranos

  • Michal Aloni

  • Susan Black

  • Wendy Hatala Foley

  • Erica Iris Huang

  • Rachel Miller

  • Lyndsay Promane

  • Megan Quick

  • Vilma Indra Vītols

  • Nathania-Rose Chan

Tenors

  • Stephen Bell

  • Taras Chmil

  • Marcel d'Entremont

  • Ryan Downey

  • Stephen Erickson

  • Jason Lamont

  • James Leatch

  • Nazar Lozynskyy

  • Derrick Paul Miller

  • Ross Mortimer

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

Production from Houston Grand Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, and Lyric Opera of Chicago

Sandra Horst and the COC Chorus are generously underwritten by Tim & Frances Price

The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored by The Schulich Foundation and by W. Bruce C. Bailey

Emily Rocha is generously sponsored by Patricia & Frank Mills

Karoline Podolak is generously sponsored by Marcia Lewis Brown