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