the works of John Luther Long and David Belasco
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Director
Associate Director
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Associate Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Projection Designer
Chorus Director
Assistant Conductor
Prompter
Musical Preparation
Diction
Supertitles
Assistant Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Assistant Stage Manager(s)
Choreographer and Dance Master
Fight Director
Technical Supervisor
Costume Supervisor
Hair and Makeup
Cast
Elder Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton
Kate Pinkerton
Suzuki
Adult Trouble
Lt. B. F. Pinkerton
Goro
Sharpless
Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly
Imperial Commissioner
Official Registrar
Uncle Yakuside
Cousin
Mother
Aunt
The Bonze
Prince Yamadori
Trouble, Cio-Cio-San's Child
Shadow Dancer
Show Dates
Time and Place
TIME AND PLACE: Early 20th century, Nagasaki. With flashes forward to a room in Pinkerton’s home in America, thirty years later.
Scenes
Media
Sponsors
This production is made possible, in part, by Jerome L. and Thao N. Dodson.
This production is made possible, in part, by Margareta and Staffan Encrantz.
This production is made possible, in part, by Burgess and Elizabeth Jamieson.
This production is made possible, in part, by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem, through the Great Interpreters of Italian Opera Fund.
Legacy Commission
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Notes
New Co-Production between San Francisco Opera, Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation, Semperoper Dresden, and Royal Danish Opera
Full digital program PDF available here: https://encorespotlight.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/MadameButterfly-…
Nurse, Doctor, Sailors, Geishas, Relatives, Bonzo Men, Soldiers
06/27/2023 performance: Moises Salazar performed the role of Pinkerton, due to Michael Fabiano being indisposed for the performance.
07/01/2023 performance: Two (2) retiring orchestra members, Rick Kvistad and Steve D’Amico, took solo bows at the end of the bow sequence.