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