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