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