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Ausrine Stundyte as Cio-Cio-San, Elizabeth Janes as Butterfly’s child and Sarah Larsen as Suzuki in Seattle Opera's production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Photo by Elise Bakketun.
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Chinchilla
Composer: Myron Fink
Librettist: Donald Moreland
Other Artistic Personnel: Duane Skrabalak, Conductor; Carmen Savoca, Director; Robert Little, Set Designer; Paula Kalustian, Choreographer
Original Cast: Sharon Harrison and Jake Gardner as the Ashtons, Cynthia Clary as Chichi, Richard Leech as Ramon, Anthony Zbrzezny, Judy Berry, Nancy Carol Moore, Kenneth Shaw
Premiere Date: January 18, 1986
Producing Company: Tri-Cities Opera
Description: In 1928 New York, an American stockbroker and a Latin American diplomat, best friends, are each seeing the other's wife. In token to the diplomat's recall to his native land, each man buys a chinchilla coat for his lover and for his wife. The misdelivery of the coats, each with attached love note, explodes the intrigue in this jazzy romp.
Length: 02:30
Total Acts: 3
Musical Style: jazzy tonal
Contact: Myron Fink Phone: 858-530-2411; e-mail: myron@myronfink.com, web site: www.myronfink.com
Phone: 858-530-2411
Composer Web Site: http://www.myronfink.com

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