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