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Madame Butterfly
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
1980-1981
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter

Cast

Lt. B. F. Pinkerton
Suzuki
Sharpless
Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly
Imperial Commissioner
Official Registrar
The Bonze
Prince Yamadori
Cio-Cio-San's child, Trouble
Kate Pinkerton

Show Dates

Broadcast

12/5/1980, live broadcast, KQED and NPR. 

Time and Place

Nagasaki, early twentieth century

Scenes

Act I -- House and garden overlooking the Bay of Nagasaki
Act II -- Three years later
Act III -- The following morning

Media

Acknowledgements

This production of "Madama Butterfly" was originally donated to the San Francisco Opera Association by the San Francisco Opera Guild.

Notes

12/5/1980, live broadcast, KQED and NPR. Intermission interviews: #1 Dramatization based on Puccini/Seligman Correspondence, #2 Kurt Herbert Adler Closing Remarks, Kurt Herbert Adler and Matthew Farrugio (guests).

Scenery built in San Francisco Opera Scenic Shop

Costumes by Goldstein & Co., in 1966

SUPERNUMERARIES
Betty Davis
Renée DeJarnatt
Sally Eberle
Sally Kennelly
Nancy Kraus
Edith Moody
Suga Moriwaki
Ellen Nelson
Miriam Preece
Karen Topp

Eugene Angell
Jack Barnich
Steve Bauman
Doug Beardslee
Tom Carlisle
Roy Castellini
Richard Collins
Bill Coppock
Don Crawford
Tom Curran
Daniel DeJarnatt
Jo Glasgow
Joe Hay
Mark Huelsman
Steve Jacobs
Bill Joyce
Julius Karoblis
Terry Kyle
David Litchfield
Rodney McCoy
Ken McDonald
James Muth
Neil Nevesny
Paul Newman
Raul Piccardo
Nick Pliam
Joel Posner
James Pricco
David Reed
Paul Ricks
Robert Schmidt
Kent Speirs
Jeffrey Stevens
Allen Tusting
David Watts
Brett Weil
Arthur Zigas