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