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