‘The orchestra is the best orchestra to play the score so far!’ composer Jake Heggie is enthusing to me over the phone from Adelaide, where he has been attending rehearsals of his opera Dead Man Walking. It’s the first time the opera will be performed outside the USA. Since its world premiere in October 2000 at San Francisco Opera, Heggie’s Dead Man Walking went on to be commissioned by seven other American opera companies: Opera Pacific, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Pittsburgh Opera and Baltimore Opera.
Composer’s dramatic journey to the stage
There was a time when Jake Heggie thought he would never write music again. Now, the opera that relaunched his musical career, Dead Man Walking, is being performed for the first time outside of the USA - in the South Australian city of Adelaide. And Heggie can’t believe what’s unfolding before his eyes.
13 Aug 2003
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