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 1957 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Karl Kritz Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San Licia Albanese Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Gianni Raimondi Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant Katherine Hilgenberg Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki Umberto Borghi Goro, a marriage broker Virginio Assandri The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle Carl Palangi Prince Yamadori Heinz Blankenburg Kate Pinkerton Francesca Howe Imperial Commissioner Harold Enns Official Registrar Colin Harvey Trouble Kitte Koerner Show Dates Thu, Oct 10 1957, 8:30pm Time and Place 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