Character Sharpless (Madama Butterfly)
Character Details
Portrayals
Year
Singer
Conductor
Other Singers
1928
Gino Vanelli
Lorenzo Molajoli
Zagonara, Dominici, Huder
1929
Vittorio Weinberg
Carlo Sabajno
Cecil, Mannarini, Weinberg
1939
Mario Basiola
Oliviero de Fabritiis
Gigli, Zagonara, Huder
1941
John Brownlee
Gennaro Papi
Albanese, Browning, Brownlee
1948
Richard Bonelli
Eugene Ormandy
Steber, Peerce, Harvuot
1949
Giuseppe Valdengo
Max Rudolf
Tucker, Paolis, Cehanovsky
1949
Kurt Gester
Kurt Schröder
Trötschel, Friedrich, Litz
1951
Giovanni Inghilleri
Alberto Erede
Tebaldi, Palma, Corena
1951
August Jaresch
Wilhelm Loibner
Delorko, Rössl-Majdan, Jaresch
1952
Frank Valentino
Fausto Cleva
Prandelli, Valentino, Paolis
1953
Giuseppe Taddei
Angelo Questa
Petrella, Tagliavini, Taddei
1954
Tito Gobbi
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Angeles, Stefano, Gobbi
1954
Richard Torigi
Walter Herbert
Angeles, Torigi, Cosenza
1955
Petr Selivanov
Onissim Bron
Shumskaya, Gribova, Shevtzov
1955
Mario Borriello
Herbert von Karajan
Callas, Gedda, Carlin
1956
Julien Giovanetti
Albert Wolff
Angelici, Lance, Collart
1956
Clifford Harvuot
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Barioni, Miller, Harvuot
1956
John Brownlee
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Albanese, Elias, Brownlee
1956
Afro Poli
Oliviero de Fabritiis
Moffo, Cioni, Pace
1957
Geraint Evans
Rudolf Kempe
Angeles, Evans, Langdon
1957
Renato Cesari
Erich Leinsdorf
Moffo, Corena, Carlin
1958
Giuseppe Valdengo
Angelo Questa
Tebaldi, Raimondi, Stasio
1958
Enzo Sordello
Tullio Serafin
Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Cossotto
1959
Mario Sereni
Gabriele Santini
Angeles, Palma, Giaiotti
1960
Kim Borg
Ferdinand Leitner
Schlemm, Kónya, Plümacher
1960
Richard Torigi
Renato Cellini
Kirsten, Barioni, Cosenza
1961
Mario Zanasi
Nicola Rescigno
Olivero, Cioni, Zanasi
1961
Kostas Paskalis
Berislav Klobucar
Jurinac, Klein, Janowitz
1962
Philip Maero
Erich Leinsdorf
Tucker, Palma, Stasio
1966
Rolando Panerai
John Barbirolli
Scotto, Bergonzi, Palma
1966
Valerio Meucci
Nello Santi
Molese, Casei, Meucci
1967
Alberto Rinaldi
Arturo Basile
Scotto, Ricciardi, Maionica
1967
Alexei Bolchakov
Mark Ermler
Vishnevskaya, Bolchakov, Nartov
1968
Manuel Ausensi
Gianfranco Rivoli
Caballé, Lerer, Ausensi
1969
Gianni Maffeo
Ugo Rapalo
Kabaivanska, Taddei, Maffeo
1969
Hermann Prey
Giuseppe Patané
Rothenberger, Gedda, Prey
1972
Hermann Prey
Giuseppe Patané
King, Schmidt, Prey
1974
Robert Kerns
Herbert von Karajan
Freni, Domingo, Ludwig
1974
Robert Kerns
Herbert von Karajan
Freni, Pavarotti, Ludwig
1974
Julian Patrick
Kurt Adler
Scotto, Carreras, Forst
1975
Renato Cesari
Miguel Ángel Veltri
Negri, Cesari, Falzetti
1976
Franco Bordoni
Armando Gatto
Caballé, Martí, Bordoni
1976
Attilio D'Orazi
Ettore Gracis
Chiara, Bini, D'Orazi
1978
Ingvar Wixell
Lorin Maazel
Scotto, Domingo, Murray
1979
Brent Ellis
John DeMain
Mitchell, Shicoff, Ellis
1980
Eduard Tumagian
Paul Papescu
Moldoveanu, Tumagian, Köpeczi
1980
Lajos Miller
Giuseppe Patané
Kincses, Dvorsky, Miller
1982
Lorenzo Saccomani
Maurizio Arena
Kabaivanska, Ferrara, Zotti
1983
Nelson Portella
Gabriele Bellini
Kabaivanska, Milcheva-Nonova, Portella
1985
Giorgio Zancanaro
Lorin Maazel
Zancanaro, Gavazzi, Antonacci
1987
Juan Pons
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Freni, Carreras, Pons
1987
Alberto Rinaldi
Rouslan Raichev
Tomowa-Sintow, Aragall, Rinaldi
1992
Georg Tichy
Alexander Rahbari
Gauci, Ramiro, Tichy
1995
Erich Parce
Charles Rosekrans
Spacagna, Graham, Parce
1995
Richard Cowan
James Conlon
Huang, Troxell, Hauman
1995
Richard Cowan
James Conlon
Huang, Troxell, Hauman
1997
Heikki Kilpeläinen
Gunther Neuhold
Brillemburg, Haller, Kolarczyk
2000
Gregory Yurisich
Yves Abel
Rigby, Kale, Bayley
2004
Juan Pons
Daniel Oren
Giordani, Pons, Bosi
2004
Juan Pons
Plácido Domingo
Dessi, Armiliato, Pons
2007
Stephen Powell
Donald Runnicles
Racette, O'Neil, Pickersgill
2007
Dwayne Croft
Patrick Summers
Racette, Giordani, Croft
2008
Fabio Maria Capitanucci
Antonio Pappano
Gheorghiu, Kaufmann, Shkosa