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