Overview
Character Name
The Bonze
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult, Adult, Elderly
Role Size
Featured
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Bass
Vocal Range
High Note: F4
Low Note: F3
Time & Place
Nagasaki, Japan, 20th century
Analysis
Cio-Cio-San's uncle is a bonze, a leader in the buddist faith and in this community. He is appalled to learn that Cio-Cio-San has abandoned her faith and culture, and converted to Christianity, and he interrupts her wedding to tell everyone what she has done. In doing
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