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Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), Puccini
Teatro Ponchielli di CremonaCio-Cio-San
View cast and crew‘Quanto cielo, quanto sole, quanto mar’– Il fascino del Giappone nell’opera europea, Saint-SaënsPucciniMessagerMascagniDan
Teatro del GiglioSoloist
View programme, cast and crewMadama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), Puccini
Teatro Ponchielli di CremonaCio-Cio-San
View cast and crew‘Quanto cielo, quanto sole, quanto mar’– Il fascino del Giappone nell’opera europea, Saint-SaënsPucciniMessagerMascagniDan
Teatro del GiglioSoloist
View programme, cast and crewMadama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), Puccini
Fondazione Arena di VeronaCio-Cio-San
View cast and crewMadama Butterfly, Puccini
Estonian National OperaCio-Cio-San
View cast and crewAfter graduating and earning a doctorate with highest honors at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Yasko Sato completed her training in Italy with Raina Kabaivanska. She was awarded prizes in several international competitions including the XLI “Toti Dal Monte” Competition for the role of Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly), the IX Concurso Internacional de Cant “Jaume Aragall” (1st prize and special prize Amics de l’opera de Sabadell), the Music Competition of Japan in Tokyo (1st prize and Audience Award). She made her début in 2005 in Japan singing Leonora in Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio by Verdi while on tour for the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto; the same theatre subsequently invited her to sing Mimì in La Bohème, Leonora in Il Trovatore and for a concert with Le