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