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