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