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