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