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