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 1931 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Wilfred Pelletier Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Cast Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San Maria Mueller Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant Faina Petrova Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Mario Chamlee Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki Andreas de Segurola Goro, a marriage broker Ludovico Oliviero The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle Louis D'Angelo Prince Yamadori Eugenio Sandrini Kate Pinkerton Delphine Murphy Imperial Commissioner Millo Picco Official Registrar Evaristo Alibertini Show Dates Fri, Sep 18 1931, 8:15pm Time and Place Nagasaki Scenes Act I -- A Japanese Garden. In background, the City of Nagasaki Act II -- Interior of Butterfly's Home Act III -- Same Scene as Act II. Media Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Mario Chamlee (Pinkerton), Maria Mueller (Cio-Cio-San) Credit Morton Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Maria Mueller (Cio-Cio-San), unidentified (Trouble), Faina Petrova (Suzuki) Credit Morton Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ludovico Olivero (Goro) with members of the San Francisco Opera Chorus Credit Morton Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Stage Sets, Acts II and III Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1931_07_compressed.pdf (8.3 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Mario Chamlee (Pinkerton), Maria Mueller (Cio-Cio-San) Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Maria Mueller (Cio-Cio-San), unidentified (Trouble), Faina Petrova (Suzuki) Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ludovico Olivero (Goro) with members of the San Francisco Opera Chorus Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Stage Sets, Acts II and III Credit Morton