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