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 1954 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Leo Mueller Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Cast Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San Licia Albanese Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Giacinto Prandelli Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant Rosalind Nadell Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki Ralph Herbert Goro, a marriage broker Alessio De Paolis The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle Desire Ligeti Prince Yamadori George Cehanovsky Kate Pinkerton Marilynn Hall Imperial Commissioner Carl Palangi Official Registrar Colin Harvey Trouble Stephanie Christensen Show Dates Fri, Oct 29 1954, 8pm Time and Place Nagasaki, Japan Scenes Act I -- Exterior of Pinkerton's house Act II -- Butterfly's home, three years later Act III -- Same as Act II, the next morning Notes The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.