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