Madame Butterfly Composer Giacomo Puccini Librettists Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Based On the works of John Luther Long and David Belasco Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1947 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimara Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San Licia Albanese Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Charles Kullman Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant Herta Glaz Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki Giuseppe Valdengo Goro, a marriage broker Alessio De Paolis The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle Lorenzo Alvary Prince Yamadori George Cehanovsky Kate Pinkerton Thelma Votipka Imperial Commissioner Walter Olitzki Official Registrar Colin Harvey Trouble Michele Tracy Show Dates Mon, Oct 27 1947, 8pm Time and Place About 1900; Nagasaki, Japan Scenes Act I -- Exterior of Pinkerton's House Act II -- Interior of Butterfly's Home Act III -- Same as Act II