Madame Butterfly
Composer
Librettists
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
1959
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Costumers
Cast
Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San
Dorothy Kirsten(9/12)
Sena Jurinac(9/22)
Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy
Giuseppe Gismondo(9/12)
Giuseppe Zampieri(9/22)
Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant
Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki
Goro, a marriage broker
The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle
Prince Yamadori
Imperial Commissioner
Official Registrar
Kate Pinkerton
Trouble
Show Dates
Time and Place
Nagasaki, Japan
Scenes
Act I -- Exterior of Pinkerton's house
INTERMISSION
Act II -- Butterfly's home, three years later
Act III -- Same as Act II, the next morning