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