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