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