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