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