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 1954 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Karl Kritz Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Chorus Director Leo Mueller Cast Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San Licia Albanese Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Giacinto Prandelli Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant Rosalind Nadell Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki Ralph Herbert Goro, a marriage broker Alessio De Paolis The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle Desire Ligeti Prince Yamadori George Cehanovsky Kate Pinkerton Marilynn Hall Imperial Commissioner Carl Palangi Official Registrar Colin Harvey Trouble Stephanie Christensen Show Dates Sat, Sep 18 1954, 8:30pm Time and Place Nagasaki, Japan Scenes Act I -- Exterior of Pinkerton's house Act II -- Butterfly's home, three years later Act III -- Same as Act II, the next morning Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1954_08_compressed.pdf (7.68 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------