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
Golden Gate Theatre
Season
1996-1997
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Marco Armiliato
Production
Ron Daniels
Designer
Michael Yeargan
Lighting Designer
Stephen Strawbridge
Chorus Director
Ian Robertson
Musical Preparation
Jonathan Khuner
Adelle Eslinger
Bryndon Hassman
Peter Grunberg
Ernest Fredric Knell
Supertitles
Jerry Sherk
Francesca Zambello
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Brad Dalton
Kristine McIntyre
Stage Manager(s)
Jerry Sherk

Cast

Lt. B. F. Pinkerton
Mario Malagnini(6/7,10,12,14,18,20)
Carlo Scibelli(6/11,13,15m,17)
Hugh Smith(6/19,21,24,26,28)
Luis Lima(6/22m,25,27,29m)
Goro
Dennis Petersen(6/7,10,12,14,18,20,22m, 25, 27, 29m)
Marc Molomot(6/8,11,13,15m,17,19,21,24,26,28)
Suzuki
Zheng Cao(6/7,10,12,14,18,20,22m,25,27,29m)
Elizabeth Bishop(6/8m,11,13,15m,17,19,21,24,26,28)
Sharpless
David Okerlund(6/7,10,12,14,18,20)
John Robert Autry(6/8m,11,13,15m,17,19,21)
Victor Ledbetter(6/22m,25,27,29m)
Mel Ulrich(6/24,26,28)
Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly
Rosalind Sutherland(6/7,10,12,14,18,20)
Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet(6/8m,11,13,15m,17,19,21)
Catherine Malfitano(6/22m,25,27,29m)
Sylvie Valayre(6/24,26,28)
Imperial Commissioner
Jere Torkelsen(6/7,10,12,14,18,20,22m,25,27,29m)
David Kekuewa(6/8m,11,13,15,17,19,21,24,26,28)
Official Registrar
Frederick Matthews(6/7,8m,11,13,15,17,19,21,24,26,28)
William Pickersgill(6/10,12,14,18,20,22m,25,27,29m)
The Bonze
Stephen Bryant
Prince Yamadori
Mel Ulrich(6/7,8m,10,11,12,13,14,15m,17,18,19,21)
John Robert Autry(6/22m,24,25,26,27,28,29m)
Kate Pinkerton
Nicolle Foland(6/7,8m,10,11,12,13,14,15m,17,18,19,20,21)
Peggy Kriha Dye(6/22m,24,25,26,27,28,29m)

Show Dates

Time and Place

Early 20th century Nagasaki

Scenes

Act I -- A house and garden overlooking the Bay of Nagasaki
INTERMISSION
Act II -- The same, three years later

Media

Sponsors

The performance of June 10th is sponsored by the Panttaja Consulting Group

The performance of June 11th is sponsored by Maus Haus

The performance of June 13th is sponsored by D.M. Stone Personnel Services

The performance of June 19th is sponsored by Peet's Coffee and Tea

The performance of June 26th is sponsored by McCutcheon, Doyle, Brown and Enersen

Acknowledgements

New production

This production is made possible by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation.

This project is supported, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Notes

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios
Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop

Additional performers:

"Trouble" as a grownup
E.E. Grant, IV

"Trouble" as a child
Cecily Khuner
Lauren Sliter
Samantha Spiegel

SUPERNUMERARIES

Wedding guests, servants, carriers
Eugenio Gomez
E.E. Grant, IV
Andreas Krieger
Sherman Lee
Donald R. Lipp
Lori Osborne
Luis Paz
Oliver Pollard
Geoffrey Schwartz
Gregory Schwartz
Michael Schwartz

Kuroko* group
Mattia Cabitza
Tom Garruto
Kevin Gee
Nancy Huie
Lisa Lorea
Michael Lucas Rebston

*Kabuki term for black-clad assistants