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 1965 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Herbert Grossman Stage Director(s) Matthew Farruggio Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumes Goldstein & Co. Cast Lt. B. F. Pinkerton John Craig Goro Robert Glover Suzuki Darlene Hirst Sharpless Ron Bottcher Madama Butterfly, Cio-Cio-San Carol Todd Imperial Commissioner Brian Turner Official Registrar Colin Harvey The Bonze Ara Berberian Prince Yamadori Ken Remo Trouble Donnie Schivo Kate Pinkerton Joyce Hall Show Dates Tue, Jun 1 1965, 8pm Fri, Jun 4 1965, 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