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