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 1947 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimara 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 Jan Peerce Charles Kullman(10/18) Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant Herta Glaz Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki Francesco Valentino Goro, a marriage broker Alessio De Paolis The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle Virgilio Lazzari Lorenzo Alvary(10/18) Prince Yamadori George Cehanovsky Kate Pinkerton Elma Heitman Thelma Votipka(10/18) Imperial Commissioner Walter Olitzki Official Registrar Colin Harvey Trouble Michele Tracy Show Dates Mon, Sep 22 1947, 8pm Sat, Oct 18 1947, 8pm 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, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Licia Albanese (Cio-Cio San), Virgillio Lazzari (Bonze), Jan Peerce (Pinkerton) Credit Strohmeyer Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Jan Peerce (Pinkerton), Frank Valentino (Sharpless), Alessio de Paolis (Goro) Credit Strohmeyer Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Jan Peerce (Pinkerton), Alessio de Paolis (Goro), Frank Valentino (Sharpless) Credit Strohmeyer Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Licia Albanese (Cio-Cio San), Virgilio Lazzari (Bonze), Jan Peerce (Pinkerton) Credit Strohmeyer Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1947_10_compressed.pdf (8.24 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Licia Albanese (Cio-Cio San), Virgillio Lazzari (Bonze), Jan Peerce (Pinkerton) Credit Strohmeyer
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Jan Peerce (Pinkerton), Frank Valentino (Sharpless), Alessio de Paolis (Goro) Credit Strohmeyer
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Jan Peerce (Pinkerton), Alessio de Paolis (Goro), Frank Valentino (Sharpless) Credit Strohmeyer
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Licia Albanese (Cio-Cio San), Virgilio Lazzari (Bonze), Jan Peerce (Pinkerton) Credit Strohmeyer