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