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, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Measha Brueggergosman, Chorus of 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)
Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Kathleen Manley, Measha Brueggergosman, Patrick Summers, Laurelle Gowing, Brittany Wheeler, Zander Shepeard
Scene 2 - The drive to Angola State Prison: "Be careful," people have always told me (Sister Helen, Motor cop)
Michael Sumuel, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, 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)
Leslie Biffle, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Wesley Landry, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Beau Gibson, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, James Jennings, Bradley Blunt
Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: Some of them didn't look so bad (Sister Helen, Father Grenville)
Beau Gibson, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: I don't like that man (Sister Helen, Warden)
Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera, Hector Vasquez
Scene 5 - The walk through Death Row: Woman on the tier! (Guards, Inmates, Warden, Sister Helen)
Bradley Blunt, Boris Dyakov, Michael Sumuel, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Houston Grand Opera, Leslie Biffle, Patrick Summers, Wesley Landry, Carey Michael O'Rarden, James Jennings, Joyce DiDonato, Hector Vasquez
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Leslie Biffle, Joyce DiDonato, Carey Michael O'Rarden, James Jennings, Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera, Bradley Blunt, Wesley Landry, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Are you frightened? (Sister Helen, Joseph)
Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Philip Cutlip
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: You ever been with a man? (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Five more minutes, De Rocher (First guard, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Philip Cutlip, 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, Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera, Nancy Hall, Austin Dean
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: Joe, my Joe, is not a bad boy (Joseph's mother, Owen Hart)
Houston Grand Opera, John Packard, Patrick Summers, Frederica von Stade
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, Patrick Summers, Brittany Wheeler, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Suzanne Mentzer, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Measha Brueggergosman, John Packard
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)
Patrick Summers, Frederica von Stade, Joyce DiDonato, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Houston Grand Opera, 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)
Measha Brueggergosman, Houston Grand Opera, Suzanne Mentzer, Joyce DiDonato, Nancy Hall, Patrick Summers, John Packard, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: Guess your nun ain't comin' back, De Rocher (First guard, Sister Helen, Joseph)
Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Sumuel, Patrick Summers, Philip Cutlip
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: I believe in the here and now (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato
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)
Patrick Summers, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Sumuel, 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, James Jennings, Houston Grand Opera, Suzanne Mentzer, Leslie Biffle, Bradley Blunt, Austin Dean, Patrick Summers, Frederica von Stade, Measha Brueggergosman, Wesley Landry, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Cullen King, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Sumuel, John Packard, Richard Bado, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Rahki DeShon Marcelous
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)
Hector Vasquez, Leslie Biffle, Frederica von Stade, James Jennings, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Michael Sumuel, John Packard, Patrick Summers, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Richard Bado, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Beau Gibson, Houston Grand Opera, Suzanne Mentzer, Measha Brueggergosman, Wesley Landry, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Bradley Blunt, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Brittany Wheeler
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... (Joseph, Warden)
Patrick Summers, Tollak Ollestad, Todd Sucherman, Mike Thompson, Jimmy Demers, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Hector Vasquez, Larry Kimpel
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: Everybody hear that? (Joseph, Warden, Inmates)
Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, James Jennings, Patrick Summers, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Wesley Landry, Philip Cutlip, Bradley Blunt, Hector Vasquez
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)
James Jennings, Bradley Blunt, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, Wesley Landry, Philip Cutlip, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Leslie Biffle
Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening: I'm scared, OK? (Joseph, Sister Helen, First guard)
Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Michael Sumuel, Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera
Scene 4 - The visiting room: The new Ford Mustangs are so cool (Joseph's brothers, Joseph, Joseph's mother, Sister Helen)
Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Frederica von Stade, Cullen King, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Austin Dean
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, Boris Dyakov, Joyce DiDonato, Cullen King, Houston Grand Opera, Frederica von Stade, Patrick Summers, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez
Scene 4 - The visiting room: Don't say a word (Joseph's mother, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Frederica von Stade, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato
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, Suzanne Mentzer, Boris Dyakov, Patrick Summers, John Packard, Joyce DiDonato, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet
Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House: I've said some harsh things (Owen Hart, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, John Packard
Scene 6 - Joseph's holding cell: You're a regular illustrated man, De Rocher (First guard, Second guard, Inmates)
Houston Grand Opera, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Michael Sumuel, Leslie Biffle, Patrick Summers, Boris Dyakov, Bradley Blunt, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Wesley Landry
Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates)
Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Wesley Landry, Philip Cutlip, Bradley Blunt, Leslie Biffle, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Joyce DiDonato
Scene 7 - The Confession: We'd been drinkin' and smokin' weed at the road house (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato
Scene 7 - The Confession: I killed her (Joseph, Sister Helen, Warden, Father Grenville)
Beau Gibson, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez
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)
Bradley Blunt, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, John Packard, Richard Bado, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Boris Dyakov, Leslie Biffle, Beau Gibson, Houston Grand Opera, Suzanne Mentzer, Patrick Summers, Michael Sumuel, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Hector Vasquez, Wesley Landry, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, James Jennings, Joyce DiDonato
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)
