Madame Butterfly Composer Giacomo Puccini Librettists Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Based On the works of John Luther Long and David Belasco Company Spring Opera Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1963 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Jan Popper Stage Director(s) Elener Nagy Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumes Goldstein & Co. Cast Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton, United States Navy Jean Deis Goro, a marriage broker Kuniaki Hata Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant Marcia Baldwin Sharpless, United States Consul at Nagasaki Richard Wright Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San Elisabeth Carron Imperial Commissioner Cary Archer Smith Official Registrar Colin Harvey The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle David Giosso Prince Yamadori Marvin Klebe Trouble, Cio-Cio-San's Child Meredith Hankenson Kate Pinkerton Gretta Harden Show Dates Tue, May 28 1963, 8am Sat, Jun 8 1963, 8pm Time and Place About 1900; Nagasaki, Japan Scenes Act I -- Exterior of Pinkerton's house Act II -- Inside of the same, now Butterfly's home, three years later Act III -- Same as Act II, the next morning Notes Spring Opera of San Francisco