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