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