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