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