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