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 San Diego, CA Venue San Diego Fox Theatre Season 1956 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler Stage Director(s) Carlo Maestrini Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San Dorothy Kirsten Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Giuseppe Campora Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant Margaret Roggero Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki Louis Quilico Goro, a marriage broker Virginio Assandri The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle Desire Ligeti Prince Yamadori George Cehanovsky Kate Pinkerton Peggy Covington Imperial Commissioner Carl Palangi Official Registrar Colin Harvey Trouble Janet Ruth O'Dou Show Dates Thu, Nov 1 1956, 8pm Time and Place Nagasaki, Japan Scenes Act I -- Exterior of Pinkerton's house Act II -- Interior of Butterfly's home Act III -- Same as Act II, next morning