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