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 1941 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gennaro Papi Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Giacomo Spadoni Cast Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San Licia Albanese Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Frederick Jagel Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant Irra Petina Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki John Brownlee Goro, a marriage broker Karl Laufkötter(10/20) Marek Windheim(10/23) The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle Lorenzo Alvary Prince Yamadori George Cehanovsky Kate Pinkerton Margaret Ritter Imperial Commissioner Edward Wellman Official Registrar Evaristo Alibertini(10/20) Colin Harvey(10/23) Trouble Stephanie Weaver Show Dates Mon, Oct 20 1941, 8:15pm Thu, Oct 23 1941, 8:14pm 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, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Licia Albanese (Cio-Cio San), Lorenzo Alvary (The Bonze), Frederick Jagel (Pinkerton), Ensemble Credit Morton Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Frederick Jagel (Pinkerton), John Brownlee (Sharpless) Credit Morton Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Frederick Jagel (Pinkerton), Ensemble Credit Morton Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. John Brownlee (Sharpless), Frederick Jagel (Pinkerton), Ensemble Credit Morton Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. John Brownlee (Sharpless), Frederick Jagel (Pinkerton), Marek Windheim (Goro), Edward Wellman (Imperial Commissioner) Credit Morton Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. John Brownlee (Sharpless), Frederick Jagel (Pinkerton), Licia Albanese (Cio-Cio San), Ensemble Credit Morton Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (The Bonze), Licia Albanese (Cio-Cio San) Credit Morton Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Unknown, Marek Windheim (Goro), Frederick Jagel (Pinkerton), Licia Albanese (Cio-Cio San) Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Licia Albanese (Cio-Cio San), Lorenzo Alvary (The Bonze), Frederick Jagel (Pinkerton), Ensemble Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Frederick Jagel (Pinkerton), John Brownlee (Sharpless) Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Frederick Jagel (Pinkerton), Ensemble Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. John Brownlee (Sharpless), Frederick Jagel (Pinkerton), Ensemble Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. John Brownlee (Sharpless), Frederick Jagel (Pinkerton), Marek Windheim (Goro), Edward Wellman (Imperial Commissioner) Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. John Brownlee (Sharpless), Frederick Jagel (Pinkerton), Licia Albanese (Cio-Cio San), Ensemble Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (The Bonze), Licia Albanese (Cio-Cio San) Credit Morton
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Unknown, Marek Windheim (Goro), Frederick Jagel (Pinkerton), Licia Albanese (Cio-Cio San) Credit Morton