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