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Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer, Dead Man Walking matches the high drama of its subject with Heggie’s beautiful and poignant music and a brilliant libretto by Terrence McNally.
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.
- October 7, 2000, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco
Oct 21, 2023 · American composer Jake Heggie’s compelling masterpiece, the most widely performed new opera of the last 20 years, arrives in cinemas on October 21 in a haunting new production by Ivo van Hove.
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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.
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Sep 22, 2023 · ‘Dead Man Walking’ Makes Its Way to the Met Opera This death-row tale, adapted by Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally, opens the season of the Metropolitan Opera, as part of its push for...
Oct 3, 2023 · An opera about a Catholic nun’s ministry with death row inmates is the most performed opera in the 21st century. The Metropolitan Opera’s production stars Joyce DiDonato and Ryan McKinny as Sister Helen and Joseph De Rocher, a convicted murderer who asks for her help. The opera explores the themes of truth, forgiveness and redemption through music, drama and human stories.
