Prologue: Late morning in spring, 1900 - The Alabama town of Bowden, veranda of the Giddens house
George S. Irving, Andrew Frierson, Opera Orchestra of New York, Emile Renan, Elizabeth Carron, Samuel Krachmalnick, Loren Driscoll, Joshua Hecht, Ernest McChesney, Brenda Lewis, New York City Opera Chorus, Carol Brice, Helen Strine
Act I: Living room of the Giddens house, the same evening
George S. Irving, Emile Renan, Elizabeth Carron, Joshua Hecht, Ernest McChesney, Samuel Krachmalnick, Loren Driscoll, Opera Orchestra of New York, Andrew Frierson, Brenda Lewis, Carol Brice, Helen Strine, New York City Opera Chorus
Act II Scene 1: Living room of the Giddens house, a week later, evening
Andrew Frierson, Carol Brice, Helen Strine, Brenda Lewis, Samuel Krachmalnick, Loren Driscoll, Emile Renan, Elizabeth Carron, Joshua Hecht, Ernest McChesney, George S. Irving, New York City Opera Chorus, Opera Orchestra of New York
Act II Scene 2: Ballroom and veranda of the Giddens house, the same night
Joshua Hecht, Opera Orchestra of New York, Brenda Lewis, Andrew Frierson, Carol Brice, Helen Strine, Samuel Krachmalnick, Loren Driscoll, Ernest McChesney, New York City Opera Chorus, Emile Renan, Elizabeth Carron, George S. Irving
Act III: Living room of the Giddens house, the next afternoon
Ernest McChesney, New York City Opera Chorus, Brenda Lewis, Joshua Hecht, Emile Renan, Elizabeth Carron, Opera Orchestra of New York, Andrew Frierson, Carol Brice, Helen Strine, Samuel Krachmalnick, Loren Driscoll, George S. Irving