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