Prologue: Watching you, every day (Song on radio, Boy, Girl, Joseph De Rocher, Anthony De Rocher)
Matt Hune, Brian Hamlin, Heather Sanders, Patrick Summers, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera
Scene 1 - Hope House: He will gather us around (Sister Helen, Children, Sister Rose)
Richard Bado, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato
Scene 1 - Hope House: Heavens! Look at the time (Sister Rose, First mother, Sister Lillianne, Sister Catherine, Jimmy Charlton, Mrs Charlton, Sister Helen)
Kathleen Manley, Laurelle Gowing, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Brittany Wheeler, Zander Shepeard, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 2 - The drive to Angola State Prison: "Be careful," people have always told me (Sister Helen, Motor cop)
Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Joyce DiDonato
Scene 2 - The drive to Angola State Prison: This journey (Sister Helen)
Scene 3 - Outside of Angola State Penitentiary: Sister Helen? I've been waiting for you (Father Grenville, Sister Helen, Inmates)
Houston Grand Opera, Leslie Biffle, Bradley Blunt, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, James Jennings, Beau Gibson, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: Some of them didn't look so bad (Sister Helen, Father Grenville)
Joyce DiDonato, Beau Gibson, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: I don't like that man (Sister Helen, Warden)
Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 5 - The walk through Death Row: Woman on the tier! (Guards, Inmates, Warden, Sister Helen)
Hector Vasquez, Michael Sumuel, Bradley Blunt, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, James Jennings, Houston Grand Opera, Leslie Biffle, Boris Dyakov, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Wesley Landry, Leslie Biffle, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, James Jennings, Bradley Blunt, Hector Vasquez, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Are you frightened? (Sister Helen, Joseph)
Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: You ever been with a man? (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Five more minutes, De Rocher (First guard, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Michael Sumuel, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: The defendant's mother, Mrs Patrick De Rocher (Paralegal, Older brother, Joseph's mother)
Nancy Hall, Frederica von Stade, Houston Grand Opera, Austin Dean, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: Joe, my Joe, is not a bad boy (Joseph's mother, Owen Hart)
John Packard, Frederica von Stade, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: What you all say my Joe did is so terrible (Joseph's mother)
Scene 8 - The parking lot outside the courthouse: It's a good sign when they take so long to decide (Sister Rose, Sister Helen, Owen Hart, Jade Boucher, Kitty Hart, Howard Boucher)
John Packard, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Frederica von Stade, Brittany Wheeler, Suzanne Mentzer, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Patrick Summers, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet
Scene 8 - The parking lot outside the courthouse: You don't know what it's like to bear a child (Jade Boucher, Kitty Hart, Sister Helen, Howard Boucher, Owen Hart, Joseph's mother)
Houston Grand Opera, Frederica von Stade, Patrick Summers, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Joyce DiDonato, Suzanne Mentzer, John Packard
Scene 8 - The parking lot outside the courthouse: I'm sorry. So sorry (Sister Helen, Owen Hart, Jade Boucher, Howard Boucher, Kitty Hart, Paralegal, Sister Rose)
Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Nancy Hall, Joyce DiDonato, John Packard, Patrick Summers
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: Guess your nun ain't comin' back, De Rocher (First guard, Sister Helen, Joseph)
Michael Sumuel, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: I believe in the here and now (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: The Bible says "the truth will set you free." (Sister Helen, Joseph, Warden) - Scene 10 - The waiting room: Excuse me. Do you have any change? (Sister Helen, First guard)
Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Patrick Summers
Scene 10 - The waiting room: He will gather us around (Children, Sister Rose, Inmates, Sister Helen, Joseph, Motor cop, Joseph's mother, Kitty and Owen Hart, Jade and Howard Boucher, Father Grenville)
Michael Sumuel, Richard Bado, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Cullen King, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Patrick Summers, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, John Packard, Beau Gibson, Leslie Biffle, Frederica von Stade, Wesley Landry, James Jennings, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Austin Dean, Bradley Blunt, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer
Scene 10 - The waiting room: What happened? (Sister Helen, Warden, Sisters, Children, Joseph, Kitty and Owen Hart, Jade and Howard Boucher, Joseph's mother, Inmates, Motor cop, Father Grenville)
Leslie Biffle, Frederica von Stade, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Wesley Landry, Richard Bado, Hector Vasquez, Bradley Blunt, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, John Packard, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Michael Sumuel, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Suzanne Mentzer, James Jennings, Brittany Wheeler, Beau Gibson, Patrick Summers
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... (Joseph, Warden)
Hector Vasquez, Todd Sucherman, Mike Thompson, Tollak Ollestad, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Jimmy Demers, Patrick Summers, Larry Kimpel
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: Everybody hear that? (Joseph, Warden, Inmates)
Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Wesley Landry, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, James Jennings, Bradley Blunt, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Leslie Biffle, Patrick Summers
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: The girl. I remember the girl (Joseph)
Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers
Scene 2 - Sister Helen's bedroom: Oh! ... Now and at the hour of our death. Amen (Sister Helen, Sister Rose)
Scene 2 - Sister Helen's bedroom: God's love and forgiveness (Sister Rose, Sister Helen)
Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening: Well? Well? (Inmates) - What time is it? (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Bradley Blunt, Patrick Summers, James Jennings, Wesley Landry
Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening: I'm scared, OK? (Joseph, Sister Helen, First guard)
Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Sumuel, Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - The visiting room: The new Ford Mustangs are so cool (Joseph's brothers, Joseph, Joseph's mother, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Cullen King, Houston Grand Opera, Frederica von Stade, Austin Dean, Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - The visiting room: All those people out there (Joseph's mother, Sister Helen, First guard, Joseph, Second guard, Younger brother, Warden)
Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, Philip Cutlip, Michael Sumuel, Cullen King, Houston Grand Opera, Frederica von Stade, Boris Dyakov, Hector Vasquez
Scene 4 - The visiting room: Don't say a word (Joseph's mother, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Frederica von Stade, Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - The visiting room: Who will walk with me? (Sister Helen)
Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House: Good evening (Sister Helen, Howard and Jade Boucher, Kitty and Owen Hart, Second guard)
Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, John Packard, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Boris Dyakov
Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House: I've said some harsh things (Owen Hart, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, John Packard, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - Joseph's holding cell: You're a regular illustrated man, De Rocher (First guard, Second guard, Inmates)
Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Leslie Biffle, Boris Dyakov, Houston Grand Opera, Wesley Landry, Bradley Blunt, Carey Michael O'Rarden, James Jennings, Michael Sumuel, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates)
Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Houston Grand Opera, Wesley Landry, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Bradley Blunt, Philip Cutlip, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: We'd been drinkin' and smokin' weed at the road house (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: I killed her (Joseph, Sister Helen, Warden, Father Grenville)
Beau Gibson, Patrick Summers, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera
Scene 8 - The Execution: Dead Man Walking! (Warden, Father Grenville, Joseph, Sister Helen, Kitty and Owen Hart, Jade and Howard Boucher, Guards, Sisters and Mothers of the prayer vigil outside the prison, Inmates)
John Packard, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Boris Dyakov, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Hector Vasquez, Bradley Blunt, Richard Bado, Michael Sumuel, Houston Grand Opera, Leslie Biffle, Wesley Landry, James Jennings, Beau Gibson, Suzanne Mentzer, Patrick Summers
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)