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