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