Prologue: Watching you, every day (Song on radio, Boy, Girl, Joseph De Rocher, Anthony De Rocher)
Brian Hamlin · Houston Grand Opera · Matt Hune · Philip Cutlip · Patrick Summers · Heather Sanders
Scene 1 - Hope House: He will gather us around (Sister Helen, Children, Sister Rose)
Chorus of Houston Grand Opera · Richard Bado · 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)
Kiri Deonarine · Joyce DiDonato · Kathleen Manley · Brittany Wheeler · Zander Shepeard · Laurelle Gowing · Houston Grand Opera · Measha Brueggergosman · Patrick Summers
Scene 2 - The drive to Angola State Prison: "Be careful," people have always told me (Sister Helen, Motor cop)
Joyce DiDonato · Michael Sumuel · Houston Grand Opera · Patrick Summers
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)
Carey Michael O'Rarden · Joyce DiDonato · Rahki DeShon Marcelous · Bradley Blunt · Patrick Summers · Wesley Landry · James Jennings · Leslie Biffle · Houston Grand Opera · Beau Gibson
Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: Some of them didn't look so bad (Sister Helen, Father Grenville)
Houston Grand Opera · Patrick Summers · Joyce DiDonato · Beau Gibson
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 · Houston Grand Opera · Michael Sumuel · Patrick Summers · James Jennings · Boris Dyakov · Carey Michael O'Rarden · Joyce DiDonato · Leslie Biffle · Bradley Blunt · Rahki DeShon Marcelous · Wesley Landry
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
Leslie Biffle · Carey Michael O'Rarden · Joyce DiDonato · Philip Cutlip · Bradley Blunt · James Jennings · Wesley Landry · Rahki DeShon Marcelous · Hector Vasquez · Houston Grand Opera · Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Are you frightened? (Sister Helen, Joseph)
Philip Cutlip · Joyce DiDonato · Houston Grand Opera · Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: You ever been with a man? (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Houston Grand Opera · Joyce DiDonato · Philip Cutlip · Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Five more minutes, De Rocher (First guard, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato · Houston Grand Opera · Patrick Summers · Michael Sumuel · Philip Cutlip
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: The defendant's mother, Mrs Patrick De Rocher (Paralegal, Older brother, Joseph's mother)
Austin Dean · Houston Grand Opera · Frederica von Stade · Nancy Hall · Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: Joe, my Joe, is not a bad boy (Joseph's mother, Owen Hart)
Frederica von Stade · John Packard · 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 · Suzanne Mentzer · Brittany Wheeler · Frederica von Stade · Patrick Summers · Houston Grand Opera · Measha Brueggergosman · Cheryl Parrish · Jon Kolbet · Kiri Deonarine · Joyce DiDonato
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)
John Packard · Houston Grand Opera · Frederica von Stade · Cheryl Parrish · Jon Kolbet · Suzanne Mentzer · Joyce DiDonato · Patrick Summers
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)
Houston Grand Opera · Measha Brueggergosman · Suzanne Mentzer · Cheryl Parrish · Jon Kolbet · Nancy Hall · Joyce DiDonato · Patrick Summers · John Packard
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: Guess your nun ain't comin' back, De Rocher (First guard, Sister Helen, Joseph)
Philip Cutlip · Houston Grand Opera · Patrick Summers · Michael Sumuel · Joyce DiDonato
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: I believe in the here and now (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Houston Grand Opera · Joyce DiDonato · Philip Cutlip · 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)
Hector Vasquez · Houston Grand Opera · Joyce DiDonato · Michael Sumuel · Philip Cutlip · 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)
Cheryl Parrish · Jon Kolbet · Leslie Biffle · Cullen King · Frederica von Stade · Michael Sumuel · John Packard · Chorus of Houston Grand Opera · Philip Cutlip · Bradley Blunt · Suzanne Mentzer · James Jennings · Wesley Landry · Carey Michael O'Rarden · Joyce DiDonato · Rahki DeShon Marcelous · Beau Gibson · Austin Dean · Houston Grand Opera · Measha Brueggergosman · Richard Bado · Patrick Summers
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)
Carey Michael O'Rarden · Kiri Deonarine · Joyce DiDonato · Brittany Wheeler · Hector Vasquez · Houston Grand Opera · Measha Brueggergosman · John Packard · Bradley Blunt · Suzanne Mentzer · Wesley Landry · Rahki DeShon Marcelous · Michael Sumuel · Cheryl Parrish · Jon Kolbet · Leslie Biffle · Frederica von Stade · Chorus of Houston Grand Opera · Philip Cutlip · Beau Gibson · Richard Bado · James Jennings · Patrick Summers
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... (Joseph, Warden)
Tollak Ollestad · Patrick Summers · Philip Cutlip · Hector Vasquez · Houston Grand Opera · Jimmy Demers · Todd Sucherman · Mike Thompson · Larry Kimpel
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: Everybody hear that? (Joseph, Warden, Inmates)
Leslie Biffle · James Jennings · Bradley Blunt · Philip Cutlip · Rahki DeShon Marcelous · Carey Michael O'Rarden · Wesley Landry · Hector Vasquez · Houston Grand Opera · 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)
James Jennings · Houston Grand Opera · Rahki DeShon Marcelous · Philip Cutlip · Carey Michael O'Rarden · Joyce DiDonato · Wesley Landry · Bradley Blunt · Leslie Biffle · Patrick Summers
Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening: I'm scared, OK? (Joseph, Sister Helen, First guard)
Joyce DiDonato · Houston Grand Opera · Michael Sumuel · Philip Cutlip · Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - The visiting room: The new Ford Mustangs are so cool (Joseph's brothers, Joseph, Joseph's mother, Sister Helen)
Cullen King · Frederica von Stade · Philip Cutlip · Austin Dean · Joyce DiDonato · Houston Grand Opera · 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)
Hector Vasquez · Houston Grand Opera · Joyce DiDonato · Cullen King · Frederica von Stade · Michael Sumuel · Philip Cutlip · Patrick Summers · Boris Dyakov
Scene 4 - The visiting room: Don't say a word (Joseph's mother, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Frederica von Stade · Philip Cutlip · Houston Grand Opera · Joyce DiDonato · 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 · Boris Dyakov · John Packard · Suzanne Mentzer · Joyce DiDonato · Houston Grand Opera · Patrick Summers
Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House: I've said some harsh things (Owen Hart, Sister Helen)
Houston Grand Opera · Joyce DiDonato · Patrick Summers · John Packard
Scene 6 - Joseph's holding cell: You're a regular illustrated man, De Rocher (First guard, Second guard, Inmates)
Wesley Landry · Rahki DeShon Marcelous · Bradley Blunt · Carey Michael O'Rarden · Boris Dyakov · Houston Grand Opera · Leslie Biffle · Michael Sumuel · James Jennings · Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates)
James Jennings · Carey Michael O'Rarden · Joyce DiDonato · Leslie Biffle · Wesley Landry · Bradley Blunt · Rahki DeShon Marcelous · Houston Grand Opera · Philip Cutlip · Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: We'd been drinkin' and smokin' weed at the road house (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Philip Cutlip · Joyce DiDonato · Houston Grand Opera · Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: I killed her (Joseph, Sister Helen, Warden, Father Grenville)
Philip Cutlip · Beau Gibson · Joyce DiDonato · Hector Vasquez · Houston Grand Opera · Patrick Summers
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)
Suzanne Mentzer · Wesley Landry · Rahki DeShon Marcelous · Carey Michael O'Rarden · Joyce DiDonato · Hector Vasquez · Houston Grand Opera · Chorus of Houston Grand Opera · Philip Cutlip · Michael Sumuel · Cheryl Parrish · Jon Kolbet · Patrick Summers · John Packard · Bradley Blunt · Beau Gibson · Richard Bado · Boris Dyakov · Leslie Biffle · James Jennings
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)