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