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