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 1953 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Cast Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San Licia Albanese Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Brian Sullivan Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant Margaret Roggero Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki Enzo Mascherini Goro, a marriage broker Alessio De Paolis The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle Lorenzo Alvary Prince Yamadori George Cehanovsky Kate Pinkerton Yvonne Chauveau Imperial Commissioner Jan Gbur Official Registrar Colin Harvey Trouble Wilma Tejerian Show Dates Sun, Sep 27 1953, 2pm 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, next morning Media Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1953. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Licia Albanese (Cio-Cio-San) Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1953_10_compressed.pdf (7.92 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- The Company General Director Gaetano Merola died on August 20th, while conducting "Un bel dì" from "Madama Butterfly" in San Francisco's Stern Grove. The 1953 season was labeled "Gaetano Merola, 1879-1953 -- In Memoriam."
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1953. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Licia Albanese (Cio-Cio-San) Credit Unknown