Madama Butterfly

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

1974

Language

Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor

Kurt Herbert Adler

Stage Director(s)

Ghita Hager

Designer

Toni Businger

Chorus Director

Byron Dean Ryan

Lighting Designer

Robert Brand

Costumes by

Goldstein & Co.

Musical Preparation

Bliss Johnston

Cast

Lt. B. F. Pinkerton

Giorgio Merighi(10/2,8,13)

Giacomo Aragall(10/5)

José Carreras(10/18)

Goro

Joseph Frank

Suzuki

Judith Forst

Sharpless

Julian Patrick

Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly

Renata Scotto

Imperial Commissioner

John Miller

Official Registrar

Colin Harvey

The Bonze

Philip Booth

Prince Yamadori

Lawrence Cooper

Cio-Cio-San's child, Trouble

Lea Watkins

Kate Pinkerton

Gwendolyn Jones

Show Dates

Wed, Oct 2 1974, 8pm

Sat, Oct 5 1974, 8pm

Tue, Oct 8 1974, 8pm

Sun, Oct 13 1974, 2pm

Fri, Oct 18 1974, 8pm

Broadcast

Fri, Oct 18 1974, 8am

10/18/1974, live 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

Acknowledgements

The production of "Madama Butterfly" was donated to the San Francisco Opera Association by the San Francisco Opera Guild in 1966.

Notes

10/18/1974, live broadcast, KKHI. Intermission interviews: #1 SFO Guild's Educational Programs, Pamela Walker, Beverly Coughlin, Renato Capecchi and Henry Use (guests), #2 interviews, Willaim Ballard, Lea Watkins and Roderick Cook (guests).