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