Prologue: Watching you, every day (Song on radio, Boy, Girl, Joseph De Rocher, Anthony De Rocher)
Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Heather Sanders, Brian Hamlin, Patrick Summers, Matt Hune
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)
Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Brittany Wheeler, Laurelle Gowing, Zander Shepeard, Kathleen Manley, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 2 - The drive to Angola State Prison: "Be careful," people have always told me (Sister Helen, Motor cop)
Patrick Summers, Michael Sumuel, 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, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Beau Gibson, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, James Jennings, Wesley Landry, 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)
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)
Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Michael Sumuel, James Jennings, Wesley Landry, Boris Dyakov, Bradley Blunt, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room: Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph)
Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Bradley Blunt, James Jennings, Wesley Landry, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Patrick Summers
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)
Michael Sumuel, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing: The defendant's mother, Mrs Patrick De Rocher (Paralegal, Older brother, Joseph's mother)
Frederica von Stade, Nancy Hall, Houston Grand Opera, Austin Dean, Patrick Summers
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)
John Packard, Brittany Wheeler, Suzanne Mentzer, Cheryl Parrish, Jon Kolbet, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Patrick Summers, Frederica von Stade, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato
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)
Suzanne Mentzer, John Packard, Joyce DiDonato, Frederica von Stade, Houston Grand Opera, Jon Kolbet, Cheryl Parrish, 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)
Suzanne Mentzer, Jon Kolbet, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Patrick Summers, Cheryl Parrish, Nancy Hall, Joyce DiDonato, John Packard
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: Guess your nun ain't comin' back, De Rocher (First guard, Sister Helen, Joseph)
Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Michael Sumuel, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers
Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room: I believe in the here and now (Joseph, Sister Helen)
Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, 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)
Michael Sumuel, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera
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)
Leslie Biffle, Cheryl Parrish, John Packard, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Jon Kolbet, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Cullen King, Michael Sumuel, Richard Bado, Frederica von Stade, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Austin Dean, James Jennings, Bradley Blunt, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Beau Gibson, 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)
Frederica von Stade, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry, Jon Kolbet, John Packard, Cheryl Parrish, Bradley Blunt, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, James Jennings, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Measha Brueggergosman, Patrick Summers, Richard Bado, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Kiri Deonarine, Joyce DiDonato, Beau Gibson, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Brittany Wheeler, Michael Sumuel
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... (Joseph, Warden)
Tollak Ollestad, Todd Sucherman, Mike Thompson, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Jimmy Demers, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers, Larry Kimpel
Scene 1 - Joseph's cell: Everybody hear that? (Joseph, Warden, Inmates)
Bradley Blunt, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Philip Cutlip, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Wesley Landry, Patrick Summers, James Jennings
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)
Wesley Landry, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Bradley Blunt, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Philip Cutlip, Patrick Summers
Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening: I'm scared, OK? (Joseph, Sister Helen, First guard)
Michael Sumuel, Philip Cutlip, Joyce DiDonato, 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, Philip Cutlip, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Austin Dean, Joyce DiDonato
Scene 4 - The visiting room: All those people out there (Joseph's mother, Sister Helen, First guard, Joseph, Second guard, Younger brother, Warden)
Michael Sumuel, Frederica von Stade, Cullen King, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Boris Dyakov, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip
Scene 4 - The visiting room: Don't say a word (Joseph's mother, Joseph, Sister Helen)
Houston Grand Opera, Frederica von Stade, Joyce DiDonato, 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)
Suzanne Mentzer, Houston Grand Opera, Jon Kolbet, Cheryl Parrish, Boris Dyakov, John Packard, Joyce DiDonato, Patrick Summers
Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House: I've said some harsh things (Owen Hart, Sister Helen)
John Packard, Joyce DiDonato, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers
Scene 6 - Joseph's holding cell: You're a regular illustrated man, De Rocher (First guard, Second guard, Inmates)
James Jennings, Wesley Landry, Boris Dyakov, Bradley Blunt, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Michael Sumuel, Patrick Summers
Scene 7 - The Confession: How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates)
Rahki DeShon Marcelous, James Jennings, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Bradley Blunt, Leslie Biffle, Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, Wesley Landry, 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)
Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Patrick Summers, Joyce DiDonato, Beau Gibson, 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)
Michael Sumuel, Beau Gibson, Chorus of Houston Grand Opera, Philip Cutlip, John Packard, Carey Michael O'Rarden, Joyce DiDonato, Leslie Biffle, Hector Vasquez, Houston Grand Opera, Jon Kolbet, James Jennings, Bradley Blunt, Patrick Summers, Cheryl Parrish, Boris Dyakov, Rahki DeShon Marcelous, Richard Bado, Suzanne Mentzer, Wesley Landry
Scene 8 - The Execution: He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen)