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