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 1956 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Karl Kritz Stage Director(s) Carlo Maestrini Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San Licia Albanese(10/10) Dorothy Kirsten(10/11, 16) Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Richard Lewis(10/10, 16) Caesar Curzi(10/11) Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant Margaret Roggero(10/10, 16) Rosalind Nadell(10/11) Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki Anselmo Colzani(10/10) Frank Guarrera(10/11,16) Goro, a marriage broker Alessio De Paolis(10/10, 11) Virginio Assandri(10/16) 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 Augustus Hemenway, Jr. Show Dates Wed, Oct 10 1956, 1pm Thu, Oct 11 1956, 1pm Tue, Oct 16 1956, 1pm 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 Acknowledgements San Francisco Opera Guild Student Matinee