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