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