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