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