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 1961 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton, United States Navy Sandor Konya Goro, a marriage broker Howard Fried Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant Mildred Miller Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki Vladimir Ruzdak Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San Leontyne Price Imperial Commissioner Donald Drain Official Registrar Colin Harvey The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle Joshua Hecht Prince Yamadori Raymond Nilsson Trouble, Cio-Cio-San's Child Teri Lynn Benson Kate Pinkerton Margot Blum Show Dates Fri, Sep 22 1961, 8:30pm Thu, Sep 28 1961, 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 Media Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1961. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Sandor Konya (Pinkerton) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1961. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Sandor Konya (Pinkerton), Leontyne Price (Cio-Cio San) Credit Unknown
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1961. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Sandor Konya (Pinkerton) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1961. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Sandor Konya (Pinkerton), Leontyne Price (Cio-Cio San) Credit Unknown