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