Prologue: Watching you, every day (Song on radio, Boy, Girl, Joseph De Rocher, Anthony De Rocher)
Brian Hamlin, Philip Cutlip, Matt Hune, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Heather Sanders
Scene 1 - Hope House: He will gather us around (Sister Helen, Children, Sister Rose)
Richard Bado, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Joyce DiDonato, 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, Laurelle Gowing, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Brittany Wheeler, Kathleen Manley, 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, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera
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)
Wesley Landry, Houston Grand Opera, Beau Gibson, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Bradley Blunt, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Patrick Summers
Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: Some of them didn't look so bad (Sister Helen, Father Grenville)
Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Beau Gibson
Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office: I don't like that man (Sister Helen, Warden)
Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 5 - The walk through Death Row: Woman on the tier! (Guards, Inmates, Warden, Sister Helen)
Bradley Blunt, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Michael Sumuel, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Boris Dyakov, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, James Jennings, Wesley Landry
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
Wesley Landry, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Bradley Blunt, Patrick Summers, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Leslie Biffle, James Jennings, Philip Cutlip
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)
Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, Philip Cutlip
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Five more minutes, De Rocher (First guard, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Michael Sumuel, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, 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, Frederica von Stade, Patrick Summers, Austin Dean, Houston Grand Opera
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, John Packard, 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, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Brittany Wheeler, Suzanne Mentzer, John Packard, 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)
Joyce DiDonato, John Packard, Suzanne Mentzer, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Frederica von Stade, Houston Grand Opera, 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, John Packard, Patrick Summers, Suzanne Mentzer, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, 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)
Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers, Philip Cutlip, 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, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Philip Cutlip, 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)
Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, John Packard, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Bradley Blunt, Michael Sumuel, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Richard Bado, Austin Dean, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Leslie Biffle, Cullen King, Frederica von Stade, James Jennings, 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)
Bradley Blunt, Beau Gibson, Leslie Biffle, Frederica von Stade, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Richard Bado, Hector Vasquez, Brittany Wheeler, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, John Packard, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Sumuel, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... (Joseph, Warden)
Tollak Ollestad, Todd Sucherman, Philip Cutlip, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Jimmy Demers, Patrick Summers, Mike Thompson, Larry Kimpel
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: Everybody hear that? (Joseph, Warden, Inmates)
Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Leslie Biffle, Philip Cutlip, Bradley Blunt, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Wesley Landry, James Jennings, Patrick Summers
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, Houston Grand Opera, Leslie Biffle, Patrick Summers, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Wesley Landry, Philip Cutlip, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Bradley Blunt
Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening: I'm scared, OK? (Joseph, Sister Helen, First guard)
Michael Sumuel, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, 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)
Cullen King, Frederica von Stade, Philip Cutlip, Austin Dean, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, 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, Michael Sumuel, Boris Dyakov, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, 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, Houston Grand Opera, Frederica von Stade, Philip Cutlip, 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)
John Packard, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Patrick Summers, Boris Dyakov, Suzanne Mentzer, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera
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)
Leslie Biffle, Michael Sumuel, Carey Michael O'Rarden, James Jennings, Wesley Landry, Houston Grand Opera, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Bradley Blunt, Boris Dyakov, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates)
Leslie Biffle, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Bradley Blunt, Wesley Landry, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: We'd been drinkin' and smokin' weed at the road house (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, 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, Boris Dyakov, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, James Jennings, Michael Sumuel, John Packard, Richard Bado, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Leslie Biffle, Beau Gibson, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Patrick Summers
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)