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