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