Madama Butterfly

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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
1946
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Gaetano Merola
Stage Director(s)
Armando Agnini
Chorus Director
Kurt Herbert Adler

Cast

Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San
Licia Albanese
Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy
Charles Kullman
Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant
Herta Glaz
Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki
John Brownlee
Goro, a marriage broker
Alessio De Paolis
The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle
Lorenzo Alvary
Prince Yamadori
George Cehanovsky
Kate Pinkerton
Eloise Farrell
Imperial Commissioner
Walter Olitzki
Official Registrar
Colin Harvey
Trouble
Yolanda Cheli

Show Dates

Broadcast

Live radio broadcast, full performance.

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

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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 10/15/1946, live radio broadcast, full performance, sponsored by Safeway Stores.