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