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