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