Martina Arroyo As Cio-Cio-San Metropolitan Opera Photo by Louis Melancon

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Martina Arroyo As Cio-Cio-San Madama Butterfly
Martina Arroyo
(born February 2, 1937) is an American operatic soprano who had a major international opera career from the 1960s through the 1980s. She was part of the first generation of black opera singers to achieve wide success.
Arroyo first rose to prominence at the Zurich Opera between 1963–1965, and then was one of the Metropolitan Opera's leading sopranos between 1965 and 1978. During those years at the Metropolitan
Louis Mélançon
(1901-1974) was the in-house
photographer
for the Metropolitan Opera from 1947 to his death in 1974.