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 1971 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor James Levine Production Nathaniel Merrill Stage Director(s) Matthew Farruggio Designer Toni Businger Davis L. West Costumers Goldstein & Co. Chorus Director Francesco Prestia Cast Lt. B. F. Pinkerton Stuart Burrows Goro James Atherton Suzuki Helen Vanni Sharpless Bruce Yarnell Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly Teresa Kubiak Imperial Commissioner Mark Howard Allan Monk(10/24) Official Registrar Colin Harvey The Bonze Richard Mundt Prince Yamadori Raymond Manton Cio-Cio-San's child Ronald Cook Denise Gabrielson(9/24; 10/2, 24) Kate Pinkerton Gwendolyn Jones Show Dates Sun, Sep 12 1971, 2pm Wed, Sep 15 1971, 8pm Sat, Sep 18 1971, 8pm Tue, Sep 21 1971, 8pm Fri, Sep 24 1971, 8pm Sat, Oct 2 1971, 8pm Sun, Oct 24 1971, 2pm Broadcast Fri, Sep 24 1971 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 Image Teresa Kubiak (Cio-Cio-San), Chorus, Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1971. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Teresa Kubiak (Cio-Cio-San, right) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera Image Helen Vanni (Suzuki), Teresa Kubiak (Cio-Cio-San), Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1971. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Helen Vanni (Suzuki) and Teresa Kubiak (Cio-Cio-San) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera 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. --------------------- 9/24/1971, broadcast KKHI. Intermission taped features: Intermissions #1 and #2, Bill Agee (guest).
Image Teresa Kubiak (Cio-Cio-San), Chorus, Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1971. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Teresa Kubiak (Cio-Cio-San, right) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera
Image Helen Vanni (Suzuki), Teresa Kubiak (Cio-Cio-San), Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1971. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Helen Vanni (Suzuki) and Teresa Kubiak (Cio-Cio-San) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera