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 1974 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Byron Dean Ryan Calvin Simmons(11/19, 26) Stage Director(s) Ghita Hager Designer Toni Businger Chorus Director Byron Dean Ryan Lighting Designer Robert Brand Costumes by Goldstein & Co. Musical Preparation Bliss Johnston Cast Lt. B. F. Pinkerton William Harness(10/25,29;11/12) William Neill(11/19,26) Goro Joseph Frank Suzuki Janice Felty Sharpless James Hooper Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly Sung-Sook Lee Imperial Commissioner John Miller Official Registrar Colin Harvey The Bonze Philip Booth Prince Yamadori Lawrence Cooper Cio-Cio-San's child, Trouble Lea Watkins Kate Pinkerton Gwendolyn Jones Show Dates Tue, Nov 12 1974, 1:30pm Tue, Nov 19 1974, 1:30pm Tue, Nov 26 1974, 1:30pm Tue, Oct 29 1974, 1:30pm Fri, Oct 25 1974, 1:30pm 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.