| Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San) | soprano |
| Suzuki, servente di Cio-Cio-San | mezzo-soprano |
| Kate Pinkerton | mezzo-soprano |
| B.F. Pinkerton [1a], Tenente della marina degli S.U.A. | tenore |
| Sharpless, Console degli Stati Uniti a Nagasaki | baritono |
| Goro, nakodo | tenore |
| Il Principe Yamadori | tenore* |
| Lo zio Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's uncle | basso |
| Yakusidé | basso* |
| Il Commissario Imperiale | basso |
| L'Ufficiale del Registro | basso* |
| La madre di Cio-Cio-San | mezzo-soprano |
| La zia | soprano* |
| La cugina | soprano |
| Dolore | |
| Parenti, amici ed amiche di Cio-Cio-san, servi. |
A Nagasaki, epoca presente. [2a]
| Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San) | soprano |
| Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant | mezzo-soprano |
| Kate Pinkerton | mezzo-soprano |
| B.F. Pinkerton [1b], lieutenant in the U.S. Navy | tenor |
| Sharpless, U.S. Consul at Nagasaki | baritone |
| Goro, a marriage broker | tenor |
| Prince Yamadori | tenor* |
| Uncle Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's uncle | bass |
| Yakusidé | bass* |
| The Imperial Commissioner | bass |
| The Official Registrar | bass* |
| Cio-Cio-San's mother | mezzo-soprano |
| Her Aunt | soprano* |
| Her Cousin | soprano |
| Trouble [3], Cio-Cio-San's child | |
| Cio-Cio-San's relatives and friends, servants |
* Voice parts listed are according to the 1907 Ricordi score. Yamadori, Yakusidé, and the Registrar are sometimes labeled baritones, and the Aunt is sometimes labeled mezzo-soprano.
At Nagasaki, the present era. [2b]
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