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