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