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