Madama Butterfly

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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
1966
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Production
Nathaniel Merrill
Designer
Toni Businger
Davis L. West
Chorus Director
Vincenzo Giannini
Special adviser on Japanese styles and movements
Mattlyn Gavers
Costume Designer(s)
Toni Businger
Costumers
Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Lt. B. F. Pinkerton
Ottavio Garaventa
Goro
Howard Fried
Suzuki
Dorothy Krebill(10/25, 28; 11/3)
Janis Martin(11/13, 26)
Sharpless
Chester Ludgin
Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly
Teresa Stratas(10/25, 28, 11/3)
Dorothy Kirsten(11/13, 26)
Imperial Commissioner
Adib Fazah
Official Registrar
Colin Harvey
The Bonze
Federico Davià(10/25)
Clifford Grant(10/28; 11/3, 13, 26)
Prince Yamadori
Robert Glover
Cio-Cio-San's child
Paul Gutierrez
Kate Pinkerton
Carol Kirkpatrick

Show Dates

Time and Place

Nagasaki, Japan

Scenes

Act I -- Nagasaki, in the time of the Great White Fleet
Act II -- Three years later
Act III -- The following morning

Media

Acknowledgements

The San Francisco Opera Association gratefully acknowledges the donation of the new production of "Madama Butterfly" by the San Francisco Opera Guild.

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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New production