Madame Butterfly
Composer
Librettists
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
2001-2002
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Production
Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Supertitles
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Movement Consultant
Cast
Lt. B. F. Pinkerton
Goro
Cook
Gardener
Suzuki
Sharpless
Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly
Chen Sue Panariello(6/23, 28; 7/2,5)
Imperial Commissioner
Official Registrar
The Bonze
Prince Yamadori
Trouble, Cio-Cio-San's Child
Nicholas Okerlund(6/23, 28; 7/2,5)
Kate Pinkerton
Show Dates
Broadcast
The performance of June 20th was taped for broadcast. On June 23rd it was broadcast over KALW.
Time and Place
Early 20th century; Nagasaki
Scenes
Act I -- A house and garden overlooking the Bay of Nagasaki
Act II -- The same, three years later
Media
Acknowledgements
This production is sponsored, in part, by Chevron Texaco
Notes
The performance of June 20th was taped for broadcast. On June 23rd it was broadcast over KALW.
Scenery, props and wigs constructed in the San Francisco Opera workshops
SUPERNUMERARIES
Servants, porters:
Keith Clausen
Sherman Lee
Paul Newman
Michael Peredo
Oliver Pollard
Kuroko group:
Lisa Gelling
Nancy Huie
Terry Kildow
Steve Lavezzoli
Lisa Lorea
Jona Malen
Frank Masson