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