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Madama Butterfly (Sacramento)

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Madame Butterfly
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
1968
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Staged by
Designer
Costumers

Cast

Lt. B. F. Pinkerton
Sharpless
Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly
Imperial Commissioner
Official Registrar
The Bonze
Prince Yamadori
Cio-Cio-San's child
Kate Pinkerton

Show Dates

Time and Place

Nagasaki, Japan, at the time of the Great White Fleet

Scenes

Act I -- Nagasaki, Japan
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.