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