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