San Francisco Opera 2025-26 Review: Dead Man Walking

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(Photo: “Dead Man Walking” by Jake Heggie was twenty-five years old on Sunday, September 14th. In San Francisco, its anniversary was celebrated by the opening of a production, one of the 80 productions worldwide, with the composer, Jake Heggie there to receive the San Francisco Opera Medal, and Sister Helen Prejean, from whose book the opera arose, and retold in {…}

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Opera AACC to Present ‘Dead Man Walking’

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Maryland’s Opera AACC will present “Dead Man Walking” this March. For three performances, Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally’s famed work will get a showcase at Anne Arundel Community College with Douglas Brandt Byerly directing and Quinton Folks conducting. The opera stars Mairin Srygley as Sister Helen Prejean and Michael Pistorio as Joseph de Rocher. “Heggie’s interpretation of ‘Dead Man Walking’ {…}

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‘Dead Man Walking’ Opens Metropolitan Opera’s HD Series

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(Credit: Karen Almond) The Metropolitan Opera is set to open its 2023–24 Live in HD season with Jake Heggie’s “Dead Man Walking” on Oct. 21, 2023. The opera is based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir which sees the nun fight for the soul of a condemned murderer on death row. The production is conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguinand stars mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Review: Dead Man Walking

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(Credit: Karen Almond) The Metropolitan Opera re-opened its doors on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, with a new production of “Dead Man Walking” by Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally. The production kicks off a major initiative for the company. Last year, the Met announced that due to the success of contemporary works, including “The Hours,” it would invest more potently on {…}

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Metropolitan Opera & Metrograph Team Up to Present Oscar Winning Film ‘Dead Man Walking’

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The Metropolitan Opera and the Metrograph are teaming up for a presentation of the Oscar-winning film “Dead Man Walking.” The screening is being presented as a preamble to the premiere of the Met Opera’s new production of the American composer Jack Heggie’s “Dead Man Walking.” The film will be screened at the Metrograph on Sept. 24 and will include a {…}

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CAL PERFORMANCES 2022 Review: Sunday in the Park with Jamie Barton & Jake Heggie

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On April 3, 2022, CAL PERFORMANCES presented “Sunday in the Park,” a musical celebration that filled the heart, mind, and soul for nearly two hours. Two artists of exceptional talent—Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano extraordinaire and noted American composer and pianist Jake Heggie—offered a program ranging from Schubert and Brahms to Price and Heggie himself. The concert was a sheer and satisfying delight {…}

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Cecilia Violetta López & Joshua Dennis Highlight Opera Idaho’s 2021-22 Season

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Opera Idaho has announced its 2021-22 season featuring four productions from classic and contemporary works. Here is a look: Lehár’s “The Merry Widow” opens the season in a production starring Cecilia Violetta López as Hanna. Performance Dates: Oct. 8 & 9, 2021 Bizet’s “Carmen” returns to Opera Idaho starring Joshua Dennis as Don José. Performance Dates: Jan. 28 & 30, 2022 {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Stars Live in Concert Review: Joyce DiDonato in Bochum, Germany

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(Credit: Chris Singer) Only seven days before the COVID-19 pandemic fell on our heads, American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato was in New York portraying the role of Agrippina at the Metropolitan Opera House. Taking on the role of the cunning queen, DiDonato already had been in the eye of the storm. At that moment very few people really understood well what {…}

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Jamie Barton Announces New Album ‘Unexpected Shadows’

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Star mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton has announced her new album entitled “Unexpected Shadows.” The new album includes a recital of songs by Jake Heggie, with the composer at the piano. The album is a celebration in words and music of powerful, exceptional women and contains four song cycles, a standalone art song, and an opera aria. Among the song cycles included {…}

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