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 1937 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gennaro Papi Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master William Tyroler Settings designed by Armando Agnini Cast Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San Rosa Tentoni Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Charles Kullman Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant Dorothy Cornish Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki Julius Huehn Goro, a marriage broker Ludovico Oliviero The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle Norman Cordon Prince Yamadori John Howell Kate Pinkerton Elizabeth Hackett Imperial Commissioner Max Lorenzini Official Registrar Evaristo Alibertini Trouble Cynthia Harmon Show Dates Wed, Oct 27 1937, 8:15pm Time and Place About 1900; Nagasaki, Japan Scenes Act I -- Exterior of Pinkerton's House Act II -- Interior of Butterfly's Home Act III -- Same as Act II Media Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Charles Kullman (Pinkerton), Rose Tentoni (Cio-Cio San) Credit Morton Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Cornish (Suzuki), Rosa Tentoni (Cio-Cio San), Julius Huehn (Sharpless) Credit Morton Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Charles Kullman (Pinkerton), Julius Huehn (Sharpless) Credit Morton Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Chorus Group Credit Morton Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Rosa Tentoni (Cio-Cio San), Cynthia Harmon (Trouble) Credit Morton Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Cornish (Suzuki), Rosa Tentoni (Cio-Cio San) Credit Morton Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Rosa Tentoni (Cio-Cio San), Dorothy Cornish (Suxuki), Julius Huehn (Sharpless), Elizabeth Hackett (Kate) Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1937_08_compressed.pdf (6.98 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Charles Kullman (Pinkerton), Rose Tentoni (Cio-Cio San) Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Cornish (Suzuki), Rosa Tentoni (Cio-Cio San), Julius Huehn (Sharpless) Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Charles Kullman (Pinkerton), Julius Huehn (Sharpless) Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Chorus Group Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Rosa Tentoni (Cio-Cio San), Cynthia Harmon (Trouble) Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Cornish (Suzuki), Rosa Tentoni (Cio-Cio San) Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Rosa Tentoni (Cio-Cio San), Dorothy Cornish (Suxuki), Julius Huehn (Sharpless), Elizabeth Hackett (Kate) Credit Morton