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 1951 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Nicola Rescigno Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San Dorothy Kirsten Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Eugene Conley Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant Alice Ostrowsky Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki Francesco Valentino Goro, a marriage broker Alessio De Paolis The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle Yi-Kwei Sze Prince Yamadori George Cehanovsky Kate Pinkerton Yvonne Chauveau Imperial Commissioner Demy Trevor Official Registrar Colin Harvey Trouble Michele Tracy Show Dates Sat, Oct 27 1951, 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, next morning