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