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
1974
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Calvin Simmons(11/19, 26)
Stage Director(s)
Designer
Chorus Director
Lighting Designer
Costumes by
Musical Preparation
Cast
Lt. B. F. Pinkerton
William Harness(10/25,29;11/12)
William Neill(11/19,26)
Goro
Suzuki
Sharpless
Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly
Imperial Commissioner
Official Registrar
The Bonze
Prince Yamadori
Cio-Cio-San's child, Trouble
Kate Pinkerton
Show Dates
Time and Place
Early twentieth-century Nagasaki
Scenes
Act I -- House and garden overlooking the Bay of Nagasaki
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.