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