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