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