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Madama Butterfly (Portland)

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Madame Butterfly
Based On

the works of John Luther Long and David Belasco

Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Portland, OR
Venue
Paramount Theatre, Portland
Season
1959
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Costumers

Cast

Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San
Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy
Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant
Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki
Goro, a marriage broker
The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle
Prince Yamadori
Imperial Commissioner
Official Registrar
Kate Pinkerton
Trouble

Show Dates

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

Major intermission after Act I