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Haurongo: Buckman, Rosina

Soprano Rosina Buckman as Madame Butterfly

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Soprano Rosina Buckman as Madame Butterfly

Rosina Buckman's superb performances as Madame Butterfly in the Puccini opera of that name were said to be 'a revelation' to audiences at Covent Garden in London following the First World War.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, J. M. Thomson Collection (PAColl-6288)

Reference: 1/2-139913; F

Photograph by Elliott & Fry

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Peter Downes. 'Buckman, Rosina', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/276/soprano-rosina-buckman-as-madame-butterfly (accessed 24 June 2026).