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