Dead Man Walking > Houston Grand Opera
Show Details
- Show
- Dead Man Walking (2)
- Music
- Jake Heggie (6)
- Lyrics
- Terrence McNally (24)
- Book
- Terrence McNally (24)
Recording Details
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Audio / Stage Cast
- Method
- Live
- Language
- English
- Location
- US / TX / Houston
- Group/Studio
- Houston Grand Opera
- Conductor
- Patrick Summers (11)
- Performer
- Measha Brueggergosman (2) — Sister Rose, Philip Cutlip (2) — Joseph de Rocher, Joyce DiDonato (13) — Sister Helen Prejean, Susanne Mentzer (3) — Jade Boucher, John Packard (2) — Owen Hart, Frederica von Stade (24) — Mrs. De Rocher
- Shortcode
- [r30885]
Releases
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Erato Disques 2463
- Released
- 2012-04-24
- Barcode
- 5099960246325
- Download
- Buy from
- # Tracks
- 45
- Lists
- 13 collectors / 0 wish lists
- Shortcode
- [rl49395]
Disc 1
1. Prelude. - Dead Man Walking
2. Prologue. Watching you, every day (Song on radio, Boy, Girl, Joseph De Rocher, Anthony De Rocher). - Dead Man Walking
3. Scene 1 - Hope House. He will gather us around (Sister Helen, Children, Sister Rose).
4. Scene 1 - Hope House. Heavens! Look at the time (Sister Rose, First mother, Sister Lillianne, Sister Catherine, Jimmy Charlton, Mrs Charlton, Sister Helen).
5. Scene 2 - The drive to Angola State Prison. "Be careful, " people have always told me (Sister Helen, Motor cop).
6. Scene 2 - The drive to Angola State Prison. This journey (Sister Helen).
7. Scene 3 - Outside of Angola State Penitentiary. Sister Helen? I've been waiting for you (Father Grenville, Sister Helen, Inmates).
8. Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office. Some of them didn't look so bad (Sister Helen, Father Grenville).
9. Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office. I don't like that man (Sister Helen, Warden).
10. Scene 5 - The walk through Death Row. Woman on the tier! (Guards, Inmates, Warden, Sister Helen).
11. Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room. Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph).
12. Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room. Are you frightened? (Sister Helen, Joseph).
13. Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room. You ever been with a man? (Joseph, Sister Helen).
14. Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room. Five more minutes, De Rocher (First guard, Joseph, Sister Helen).
15. Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing. The defendant's mother, Mrs Patrick De Rocher (Paralegal, Older brother, Joseph's mother).
16. Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing. Joe, my Joe, is not a bad boy (Joseph's mother, Owen Hart).
17. Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing. What you all say my Joe did is so terrible (Joseph's mother).
18. 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).
19. 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).
20. 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).
21. Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room. Guess your nun ain't comin' back, De Rocher (First guard, Sister Helen, Joseph).
22. Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room. I believe in the here and now (Joseph, Sister Helen).
23. Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room. The Bible says "the truth will set you free." (Sister Helen, Joseph, Warden)
24. 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).
25. 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).
Disc 2
1. Prelude. - Dead Man Walking, Act II
2. Scene 1 - Joseph's cell. 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... (Joseph, Warden).
3. Scene 1 - Joseph's cell. Everybody hear that? (Joseph, Warden, Inmates).
4. Scene 1 - Joseph's cell. The girl. I remember the girl (Joseph).
5. Scene 2 - Sister Helen's bedroom. Oh! ... Now and at the hour of our death. Amen (Sister Helen, Sister Rose).
6. Scene 2 - Sister Helen's bedroom. God's love and forgiveness (Sister Rose, Sister Helen).
7. Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening. Well? Well? (Inmates)
8. Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening. I'm scared, OK? (Joseph, Sister Helen, First guard).
9. Scene 4 - The visiting room. The new Ford Mustangs are so cool (Joseph's brothers, Joseph, Joseph's mother, Sister Helen).
10. Scene 4 - The visiting room. All those people out there (Joseph's mother, Sister Helen, First guard, Joseph, Second guard, Younger brother, Warden).
11. Scene 4 - The visiting room. Don't say a word (Joseph's mother, Joseph, Sister Helen).
12. Scene 4 - The visiting room. Who will walk with me? (Sister Helen).
13. Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House. Good evening (Sister Helen, Howard and Jade Boucher, Kitty and Owen Hart, Second guard).
14. Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House. I've said some harsh things (Owen Hart, Sister Helen).
15. Scene 6 - Joseph's holding cell. You're a regular illustrated man, De Rocher (First guard, Second guard, Inmates).
16. Scene 7 - The Confession. How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates).
17. Scene 7 - The Confession. We'd been drinkin' and smokin' weed at the road house (Joseph, Sister Helen).
18. Scene 7 - The Confession. I killed her (Joseph, Sister Helen, Warden, Father Grenville).
19. 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).
20. Scene 8 - The Execution. He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen).
1. Prelude. - Dead Man Walking
2. Prologue. Watching you, every day (Song on radio, Boy, Girl, Joseph De Rocher, Anthony De Rocher). - Dead Man Walking
3. Scene 1 - Hope House. He will gather us around (Sister Helen, Children, Sister Rose).
4. Scene 1 - Hope House. Heavens! Look at the time (Sister Rose, First mother, Sister Lillianne, Sister Catherine, Jimmy Charlton, Mrs Charlton, Sister Helen).
5. Scene 2 - The drive to Angola State Prison. "Be careful, " people have always told me (Sister Helen, Motor cop).
6. Scene 2 - The drive to Angola State Prison. This journey (Sister Helen).
7. Scene 3 - Outside of Angola State Penitentiary. Sister Helen? I've been waiting for you (Father Grenville, Sister Helen, Inmates).
8. Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office. Some of them didn't look so bad (Sister Helen, Father Grenville).
9. Scene 4 - Father Grenville's office. I don't like that man (Sister Helen, Warden).
10. Scene 5 - The walk through Death Row. Woman on the tier! (Guards, Inmates, Warden, Sister Helen).
11. Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room. Thank you (Sister Helen, Inmates, Warden, Joseph).
12. Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room. Are you frightened? (Sister Helen, Joseph).
13. Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room. You ever been with a man? (Joseph, Sister Helen).
14. Scene 6 - The Death Row visiting room. Five more minutes, De Rocher (First guard, Joseph, Sister Helen).
15. Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing. The defendant's mother, Mrs Patrick De Rocher (Paralegal, Older brother, Joseph's mother).
16. Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing. Joe, my Joe, is not a bad boy (Joseph's mother, Owen Hart).
17. Scene 7 - The Pardon Board hearing. What you all say my Joe did is so terrible (Joseph's mother).
18. 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).
19. 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).
20. 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).
21. Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room. Guess your nun ain't comin' back, De Rocher (First guard, Sister Helen, Joseph).
22. Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room. I believe in the here and now (Joseph, Sister Helen).
23. Scene 9 - The Death Row visiting room. The Bible says "the truth will set you free." (Sister Helen, Joseph, Warden)
24. 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).
25. 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).
Disc 2
1. Prelude. - Dead Man Walking, Act II
2. Scene 1 - Joseph's cell. 31 ... 32 ... 33 ... (Joseph, Warden).
3. Scene 1 - Joseph's cell. Everybody hear that? (Joseph, Warden, Inmates).
4. Scene 1 - Joseph's cell. The girl. I remember the girl (Joseph).
5. Scene 2 - Sister Helen's bedroom. Oh! ... Now and at the hour of our death. Amen (Sister Helen, Sister Rose).
6. Scene 2 - Sister Helen's bedroom. God's love and forgiveness (Sister Rose, Sister Helen).
7. Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening. Well? Well? (Inmates)
8. Scene 3 - Joseph's cell. August 4 in the evening. I'm scared, OK? (Joseph, Sister Helen, First guard).
9. Scene 4 - The visiting room. The new Ford Mustangs are so cool (Joseph's brothers, Joseph, Joseph's mother, Sister Helen).
10. Scene 4 - The visiting room. All those people out there (Joseph's mother, Sister Helen, First guard, Joseph, Second guard, Younger brother, Warden).
11. Scene 4 - The visiting room. Don't say a word (Joseph's mother, Joseph, Sister Helen).
12. Scene 4 - The visiting room. Who will walk with me? (Sister Helen).
13. Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House. Good evening (Sister Helen, Howard and Jade Boucher, Kitty and Owen Hart, Second guard).
14. Scene 5 - Outside of the Death House. I've said some harsh things (Owen Hart, Sister Helen).
15. Scene 6 - Joseph's holding cell. You're a regular illustrated man, De Rocher (First guard, Second guard, Inmates).
16. Scene 7 - The Confession. How much longer? How much more time? (Joseph, Sister Helen, Inmates).
17. Scene 7 - The Confession. We'd been drinkin' and smokin' weed at the road house (Joseph, Sister Helen).
18. Scene 7 - The Confession. I killed her (Joseph, Sister Helen, Warden, Father Grenville).
19. 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).
20. Scene 8 - The Execution. He will gather us around, all around (Sister Helen).