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