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Dead Man Walking is the first opera composed by American Jake Heggie, with a libretto by playwright Terrence McNally. Based on the book of the same name by Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J., the work premiered on October 7, 2000, at the War Memorial Opera House, produced by the San Francisco Opera.
Oct 6, 2022 · This live recording captures the world premiere production of Dead Man Walking at San Francisco Opera in October 2000. Susan Graham (Sister Helen), John Packard (Joseph De Rocher), and Frederica von Stade (Joseph’s Mother) star, alongside Theresa Hamm-Smith, Jay Hunter Morris, Gary Rideout, Cather
Jul 16, 2011 · Susan Graham talks about her take on the message and making of Jake Heggie's "Dead Man Walking" in the PBS documentary, "And Then One Night: The Making of De...
Mar 14, 2024 · Jonah Mussolino as the Younger Brother, Joyce DiDonato as Sister Helen Prejean, and Susan Graham as Mrs. Patrick De Rocher in Jake Heggie's "Dead Man Walking."
Sep 27, 2023 · “Dead Man Walking,” the opera, is a depoliticized, strictly human story: the final days of Joseph De Rocher, who, with his brother, murdered a young couple. (The crime is depicted in a prologue...
Oct 21, 2023 · The Met launched its 2023–24 season with the company premiere of the most performed new work of the last two decades: Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking. Based on the harrowing memoir by Sister Helen Prejean—which also inspired an Oscar-winning 1995 film—the opera follows Prejean as she ministers to a condemned man on death row.
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Lyric audiences have loved American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham for an astonishing three decades. Now Susan wants you to experience the Lyric premiere of Dead Man Walking, which has been incredibly close to her heart since she created the role of Sister Helen Prejean nearly 20 years ago.
