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 Sacramento, CA Venue Sacramento Memorial Auditorium Season 1941 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gennaro Papi Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Giacomo Spadoni Cast Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San Licia Albanese Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Frederick Jagel Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant Irra Petina Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki John Brownlee Goro, a marriage broker Marek Windheim The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle Lorenzo Alvary Prince Yamadori George Cehanovsky Kate Pinkerton Margaret Ritter Imperial Commissioner Edward Wellman Trouble Stephanie Weaver Show Dates Sat, Oct 25 1941, 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 Notes The curtain time is a guess; touring records include evering but the starting times.