Madame Butterfly
Composer
Librettists
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
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Costumers
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
Prince Yamadori
Kate Pinkerton
Imperial Commissioner
Official Registrar
Trouble
Show Dates
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