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