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