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 Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1974 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler Stage Director(s) Ghita Hager Designer Toni Businger Chorus Director Byron Dean Ryan Lighting Designer Robert Brand Costumes by Goldstein & Co. Musical Preparation Bliss Johnston Cast Lt. B. F. Pinkerton Sandor Konya(11/23) Barry Morell(11/27,30) Goro Joseph Frank Suzuki Sandra Walker Sharpless Frank Guarrera Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly Pilar Lorengar Imperial Commissioner John Miller Official Registrar Colin Harvey The Bonze Philip Booth Prince Yamadori Lawrence Cooper Cio-Cio-San's child, Trouble Lea Watkins Kate Pinkerton Janice Felty Show Dates Sat, Nov 23 1974, 2pm Wed, Nov 27 1974, 8pm Sat, Nov 30 1974, 8pm Time and Place Early twentieth-century Nagasaki Scenes Act I -- House and garden overlooking the Bay of Nagasaki Act II -- Three years later Act III -- The following morning Acknowledgements The production of "Madama Butterfly" was donated to the San Francisco Opera Association by the San Francisco Opera Guild in 1966.