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