| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 17 February 1904Conductor: Cleofonte Campanini[17] | Brescia cast, 28 May 1904Conductor: Cleofonte Campanini[18] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly) | soprano | Rosina Storchio | Solomiya Krushelnytska |
| Suzuki, her maid | mezzo | Giuseppina Giaconia | Giovanna Lucaszewska |
| B.F. Pinkerton, Lt. in the U.S. Navy[19]: 73–4 | tenor | Giovanni Zenatello | Giovanni Zenatello |
| Sharpless, U.S. consul at Nagasaki | baritone | Giuseppe De Luca | Virgilio Bellatti |
| Goro, a matchmaker | tenor | Gaetano Pini-Corsi | Gaetano Pini-Corsi |
| Prince Yamadori | baritone | Emilio Venturini | Fernando Gianoli Galletti |
| The Bonze, Cio-Cio-san's uncle | bass | Paolo Wulman | Giuseppe Tisci-Rubini |
| Yakusidé, Cio-Cio-san's uncle | bass | Antonio Volponi | Fernando Gianoli Galletti |
| The Imperial Commissioner | bass | Aurelio Viale | Luigi Bolpagni |
| The Official Registrar | bass | Ettore Gennari | Anselmo Ferrari |
| Cio-Cio-san's mother | mezzo | Tina Alasia | Serena Pattini |
| The aunt | soprano | ? | Adele Bergamasco |
| The cousin | soprano | Palmira Maggi | Carla Grementieri |
| Kate Pinkerton | mezzo | Margherita Manfredi | Emma Decima |
| Dolore ("Trouble"), Cio-Cio-san's son | silent | Ersilia Ghissoni | Ersilia Ghissoni |
| Cio-Cio-san's relatives and friends and servants |
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