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