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