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