Prologue: Watching you, every day (Song on radio, Boy, Girl, Joseph De Rocher, Anthony De Rocher)
Heather Sanders, Houston Grand Opera, Brian Hamlin, Matt Hune, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers
Scene 1 - Hope House: He will gather us around (Sister Helen, Children, Sister Rose)
Joyce DiDonato, Richard Bado, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, 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, Zander Shepeard, Kathleen Manley, Laurelle Gowing, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Brittany Wheeler, Patrick Summers
Scene 2 - The drive to Angola State Prison: "Be careful," people have always told me (Sister Helen, Motor cop)
Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Michael Sumuel
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)
Beau Gibson, Patrick Summers, Leslie Biffle, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Bradley Blunt, Houston Grand Opera, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, James Jennings, Wesley Landry
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)
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, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers, Michael Sumuel, Bradley Blunt, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Boris Dyakov, James Jennings
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, James Jennings, Bradley Blunt, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Wesley Landry, Leslie Biffle, Philip Cutlip, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Are you frightened? (Sister Helen, Joseph)
Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: You ever been with a man? (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Five more minutes, De Rocher (First guard, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Michael Sumuel, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: The defendant's mother, Mrs Patrick De Rocher (Paralegal, Older brother, Joseph's mother)
Nancy Hall, Houston Grand Opera, Frederica von Stade, Austin Dean, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: Joe, my Joe, is not a bad boy (Joseph's mother, Owen Hart)
Houston Grand Opera, John Packard, Frederica von Stade, 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, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Brittany Wheeler, Cheryl Parrish, John Packard, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, 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, Houston Grand Opera, Frederica von Stade, John Packard, Joyce DiDonato, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Patrick Summers
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)
Nancy Hall, Joyce DiDonato, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, John Packard, Patrick Summers, Cheryl Parrish, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: Guess your nun ain't comin' back, De Rocher (First guard, Sister Helen, Joseph)
Philip Cutlip, Michael Sumuel, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: I believe in the here and now (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, 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, Michael Sumuel, Patrick Summers, Hector Vasquez, 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)
Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Michael Sumuel, John Packard, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Bradley Blunt, Richard Bado, James Jennings, Austin Dean, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Leslie Biffle, Cullen King, Frederica von Stade, Beau Gibson, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Cheryl Parrish, 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, Richard Bado, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Beau Gibson, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Cheryl Parrish, Leslie Biffle, James Jennings, Frederica von Stade, Patrick Summers, Michael Sumuel, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Brittany Wheeler, John Packard
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... (Joseph, Warden)
Mike Thompson, Tollak Ollestad, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Jimmy Demers, Patrick Summers, Philip Cutlip, Todd Sucherman, Larry Kimpel
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: Everybody hear that? (Joseph, Warden, Inmates)
Leslie Biffle, Wesley Landry, Bradley Blunt, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, James Jennings, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Patrick Summers
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: The girl. I remember the girl (Joseph)
Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, 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)
Wesley Landry, Bradley Blunt, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
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, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato
Scene 4 - The visiting room: The new Ford Mustangs are so cool (Joseph's brothers, Joseph, Joseph's mother, Sister Helen)
Austin Dean, Houston Grand Opera, Cullen King, Frederica von Stade, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, 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)
Cullen King, Frederica von Stade, Joyce DiDonato, Boris Dyakov, Michael Sumuel, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - The visiting room: Don't say a word (Joseph's mother, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Frederica von Stade, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, 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)
Joyce DiDonato, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Cheryl Parrish, Boris Dyakov, John Packard, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House: I've said some harsh things (Owen Hart, Sister Helen)
Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, 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, Houston Grand Opera, Leslie Biffle, Michael Sumuel, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Bradley Blunt, James Jennings, Boris Dyakov, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates)
Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Leslie Biffle, Bradley Blunt, James Jennings
Scene 7 - The Confession: We'd been drinkin' and smokin' weed at the road house (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: I killed her (Joseph, Sister Helen, Warden, Father Grenville)
Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, 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)
Richard Bado, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Bradley Blunt, Leslie Biffle, Jon Kolbet, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Boris Dyakov, Cheryl Parrish, Michael Sumuel, John Packard, James Jennings, Patrick Summers, Beau Gibson
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)