Prologue: Watching you, every day (Song on radio, Boy, Girl, Joseph De Rocher, Anthony De Rocher)
Matt Hune, Houston Grand Opera, Brian Hamlin, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Heather Sanders
Scene 1 - Hope House: He will gather us around (Sister Helen, Children, Sister Rose)
Richard Bado, Joyce DiDonato, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, 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)
Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Laurelle Gowing, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Brittany Wheeler, Patrick Summers, Kathleen Manley, Zander Shepeard
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)
Bradley Blunt, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Beau Gibson, Wesley Landry, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Joyce DiDonato, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: Some of them didn't look so bad (Sister Helen, Father Grenville)
Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Beau Gibson, Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: I don't like that man (Sister Helen, Warden)
Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 5 - The walk through Death Row: Woman on the tier! (Guards, Inmates, Warden, Sister Helen)
Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Boris Dyakov, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Bradley Blunt, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, James Jennings, Patrick Summers, Wesley Landry, Michael Sumuel, Hector Vasquez
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, James Jennings, Bradley Blunt, Wesley Landry, Hector Vasquez, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, 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)
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)
Frederica von Stade, Austin Dean, Patrick Summers, Nancy Hall, Houston Grand Opera
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)
John Packard, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Frederica von Stade, Brittany Wheeler, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, 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)
Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, John Packard, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Frederica von Stade, 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, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Nancy Hall, 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)
Michael Sumuel, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: I believe in the here and now (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, 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, Houston Grand Opera, Hector Vasquez, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, 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, Richard Bado, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Bradley Blunt, Wesley Landry, Frederica von Stade, Austin Dean, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, John Packard, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Michael Sumuel, Leslie Biffle, Cullen King, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, James Jennings, 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)
Frederica von Stade, James Jennings, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Richard Bado, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Hector Vasquez, Beau Gibson, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Brittany Wheeler, John Packard, Bradley Blunt, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Wesley Landry, Michael Sumuel, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Patrick Summers
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... (Joseph, Warden)
Mike Thompson, Hector Vasquez, Todd Sucherman, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Tollak Ollestad, Houston Grand Opera, Jimmy Demers, Larry Kimpel
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: Everybody hear that? (Joseph, Warden, Inmates)
Hector Vasquez, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Philip Cutlip, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers, James Jennings, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, 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)
Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Wesley Landry, James Jennings, Patrick Summers, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, 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, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Patrick Summers
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, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Austin Dean, Patrick Summers, 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)
Frederica von Stade, Cullen King, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Boris Dyakov, Hector Vasquez
Scene 4 - The visiting room: Don't say a word (Joseph's mother, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Frederica von Stade, 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)
Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, John Packard, Boris Dyakov, Patrick Summers
Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House: I've said some harsh things (Owen Hart, Sister Helen)
Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, John Packard
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, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Michael Sumuel, Wesley Landry, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Boris Dyakov, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates)
James Jennings, Bradley Blunt, Wesley Landry, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: We'd been drinkin' and smokin' weed at the road house (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: I killed her (Joseph, Sister Helen, Warden, Father Grenville)
Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, 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)
Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Boris Dyakov, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Bradley Blunt, Michael Sumuel, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Beau Gibson, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Wesley Landry, Hector Vasquez, James Jennings, Richard Bado, John Packard, Patrick Summers
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)