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