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