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