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