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
1971
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Production
Stage Director(s)
Designer
Costumers
Chorus Director
Cast
Lt. B. F. Pinkerton
Goro
Suzuki
Sharpless
Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly
Imperial Commissioner
Allan Monk(10/24)
Official Registrar
The Bonze
Prince Yamadori
Cio-Cio-San's child
Denise Gabrielson(9/24; 10/2, 24)
Kate Pinkerton
Show Dates
Broadcast
9/24/1971, broadcast KKHI.
Time and Place
Early twentieth-century Nagasaki
Scenes
Act I -- House and garden overlooking the Bay of Nagasaki
Act II -- Three years later
Act III -- The following morning
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1971_05_compressed.pdf
(18.13 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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9/24/1971, broadcast KKHI. Intermission taped features: Intermissions #1 and #2, Bill Agee (guest).