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