The production was directed by Tony Award winner John Doyle, with music direction by James Conlon. The show's cast also featured Robert Wörle as Fatty the Bookkeeper, John Easterlin as Jack O'Brien, Mel Ulrich as Bank Account Bill, Donnie Ray Albert as Trinity Moses, Derek Taylor as Toby Higgins, and Steven Humes as Alaska Wolf Joe. It is available on DVD and CD, and won Grammy Awards for Best Classical Album and Best Opera Recording.

The stations will also air a number of other L.A. Opera productions in the coming months, including Il Trittico, The Fly, Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, The Birds, and Verdi's Requiem.