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
1968
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Production
Staged by
Designer
Costumers
Cast
Lt. B. F. Pinkerton
Goro
Suzuki
Sharpless
Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly
Jeannette Pilou(10/4, 19, 27; 11/29)
Dorothy Kirsten(11/9)
Imperial Commissioner
Official Registrar
The Bonze
Prince Yamadori
Cio-Cio-San's child
Kate Pinkerton
Show Dates
Time and Place
Nagasaki, Japan, at the time of the Great White Fleet
Scenes
Act I -- Nagasaki, Japan
Act II -- Three years later
INTERMISSION
Act III -- The following morning
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1968_08_compressed.pdf
(15.89 MB)
Acknowledgements
The production of "Madama Butterfly" was donated to the San Francisco Opera Association by the San Francisco Opera Guild in 1966.
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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