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