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
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

Broadcast

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).