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