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