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 Civic Auditorium Season 1924 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Arturo Casiglia Set Designer(s) Chiura Obata Cast Cio-Cio-San Thalia Sabanieva Suzuki Irene Marlowe Pinkerton Jose Mojica Consul (Sharpless) Millo Picco Goro Lodovico Oliviero The Bonze Francesco Seri Il Regio Commissario (Imperial Commissioner) Albert Gillette Yamadori Louis D'Angelo Kate Glen Clifford Show Dates Fri, Sep 26 1924, 8:15pm Time and Place Nagasaki -- Modern times. Scenes Act I -- A hill near Nagasaki Act II -- The interior of Butterfly's house Act III -- Same as in Act 2. Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1924_05_compressed.pdf (15.5 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Thalia Sabanieva was the replacement for the originally announced Toti Dal Monte. Set Designer, Chiura Obata, noted from SF Chronicle, 09/27/1924 review of M. Butterfly.