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