Cellia Costea – Madama Butterfly, Greek National Opera, 2013
Odeon of Herodes Atticus
Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
Conductor: Myron Michailidis
Director – Sets – Costumes: Hugo de Ana
Projection designs: Sergio Metalli – Ideogamma
Lighting: Vinicio Cheli
Movement: Leda Lojodice
Chorus master: Agathangelos Georgakatos
Libretto translation: Maria Mourkoussi
Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly): Maria Luigia Borsi, Cellia Costea
Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San’s maid: Olesya Petrova
Kate, Pinkerton’s wife: Marissia Papalexiou
Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the United States Navy: Walter Fraccaro, Luciano Ganci
Sharpless, United States consul at Nagasaki: Dimitri Platanias, Dionyssis Sourbis
Goro, a marriage broker: Charalambos Alexandropoulos
Yamadori: Charalambos Velissarios
Bonze, Cio-Cio-San’s uncle: Tassos Apostolou
Yakuside: Petros Salatas
Imperial commissioner: Pavlos Sampsakis
Official registrar: Sotiris Kolydas
Cio-Cio-San’s mother: Amalia Avloniti
Aunt: Vaya Kofou
Cousin: Fotini Chatzidaki
Dolore, Cio-Cio-San’s child: Patrick Farouggias