Prologue: Watching you, every day (Song on radio, Boy, Girl, Joseph De Rocher, Anthony De Rocher)
Matt Hune, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Brian Hamlin, Patrick Summers, Heather Sanders
Scene 1 - Hope House: He will gather us around (Sister Helen, Children, Sister Rose)
Richard Bado, Joyce DiDonato, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, 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, Kathleen Manley, Brittany Wheeler, Patrick Summers, Laurelle Gowing, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Zander Shepeard
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)
James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Leslie Biffle, Bradley Blunt, Houston Grand Opera, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers, Beau Gibson
Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: Some of them didn't look so bad (Sister Helen, Father Grenville)
Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, 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)
Carey Michael O'Rarden, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Wesley Landry, Bradley Blunt, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Patrick Summers, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Michael Sumuel, Boris Dyakov
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
Bradley Blunt, Leslie Biffle, James Jennings, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Wesley Landry, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, 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, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Five more minutes, De Rocher (First guard, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, 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)
Houston Grand Opera, Austin Dean, Frederica von Stade, Nancy Hall, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: Joe, my Joe, is not a bad boy (Joseph's mother, Owen Hart)
Frederica von Stade, John Packard, Patrick Summers, 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)
Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Brittany Wheeler, Frederica von Stade, Suzanne Mentzer, John Packard, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, 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)
John Packard, Suzanne Mentzer, Joyce DiDonato, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Frederica von Stade
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)
Suzanne Mentzer, Nancy Hall, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, John Packard, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Patrick Summers
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, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: I believe in the here and now (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, 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, Philip Cutlip, Michael Sumuel, Joyce DiDonato, 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)
James Jennings, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Bradley Blunt, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Leslie Biffle, Cullen King, Frederica von Stade, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Austin Dean, Richard Bado, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, John Packard, Michael Sumuel, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Patrick Summers, Beau Gibson
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)
Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Michael Sumuel, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Richard Bado, Bradley Blunt, Patrick Summers, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Hector Vasquez, John Packard, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Leslie Biffle, Frederica von Stade, Brittany Wheeler, Beau Gibson
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... (Joseph, Warden)
Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Jimmy Demers, Todd Sucherman, Philip Cutlip, Mike Thompson, Tollak Ollestad, Patrick Summers, Larry Kimpel
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: Everybody hear that? (Joseph, Warden, Inmates)
James Jennings, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Wesley Landry, Bradley Blunt, Patrick Summers, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Leslie Biffle, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Philip Cutlip
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)
James Jennings, Philip Cutlip, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Bradley Blunt, Leslie Biffle, Wesley Landry, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening: I'm scared, OK? (Joseph, Sister Helen, First guard)
Philip Cutlip, Michael Sumuel, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
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, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, 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)
Cullen King, Frederica von Stade, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Sumuel, Boris Dyakov, 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, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, 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)
Suzanne Mentzer, Joyce DiDonato, Boris Dyakov, Houston Grand Opera, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, John Packard, Patrick Summers
Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House: I've said some harsh things (Owen Hart, Sister Helen)
John Packard, Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato
Scene 6 - Joseph's holding cell: You're a regular illustrated man, De Rocher (First guard, Second guard, Inmates)
Houston Grand Opera, Boris Dyakov, Bradley Blunt, Carey Michael O'Rarden, James Jennings, Michael Sumuel, Leslie Biffle, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates)
Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Wesley Landry, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Bradley Blunt, James Jennings, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers
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, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, 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)
Bradley Blunt, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Leslie Biffle, James Jennings, John Packard, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Michael Sumuel, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Beau Gibson, Boris Dyakov, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Richard Bado, Patrick Summers
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)