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