Overview
Character Name
Kate Pinkerton
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Role Size
Featured
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: A#4/Bb4
Low Note: D#4/Eb4
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Nagasaki, Japan, 20th century
Analysis
The role of Kate Pinkerton is a small, but important one in this opera. She is the new wife of Benjamin Pinkerton, and she presumably had no idea that he was previously married to Cio-Cio-San. She certainly did not know that her husband had a son by Cio-Cio-San. She is
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