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Kōrero: Opera and musical theatre

Madame Butterfly principals

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<em>Madame Butterfly</em> principals

When J. C. Williamson's company performed Puccini's Madame Butterflyin Auckland in 1910, cartoons of some of the principal singers in costume were published in New Zealand Truth. This was the first New Zealand airing of the immensely popular opera, which had had its world premiere only six years earlier.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

National Library of New Zealand, Papers Past

Reference: Truth, 7 May 1910, p. 6

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Lindis Taylor, Opera and musical theatre – Early years of opera, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/41871/madame-butterfly-principals (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Lindis Taylor, i tāngia i te 18 June 2013.