Calendar Archive - 2000 - Jake Heggie Composer & Pianist

October 15 2000	Spangenberg Auditorium at Gunn High School in Palo Alto, CA. "Songs of Hope and Caring" A concert to benefit the Chaplaincy Service at Stanford Hospital and the Children"s Center of the Stanford Community. Performers include sopranos Nicolle Foland and Theresa Hamm-Smith; mezzos Susan Graham, Kristine Jepson and Catherine Cook; baritones John Packard and Robert Orth; cellist Emil Miland; pianists Laura Dahl and Jake Heggie.
October 10, 13, 17, 19, 22, 25, 28 2000	Additional performances of DEAD MAN WALKING.
October 7 2000	War Memorial Opera House. World Premiere of DEAD MAN WALKING, commissioned by San Francisco Opera. Opera in Two Acts with a libretto by Terrence McNally, based on the story by Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ. Patrick Summers, conductor; Joe Mantello, director; Michael Yeargan, set design; Jennifer Tipton, lighting design; Sam Fleming, costume design. Performers include sopranos Nicolle Foland and Theresa Hamm-Smith; mezzo-sopranos Susan Graham, Kristine Jepson, Catherine Cook and Frederica von Stade; tenors Jay Hunter Morris and Gary Rideout; baritones John Packard, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Robert Orth, Kenneth Cox, David Okerlund, John Ames.
June 3 2000	Presentation for "Meet the Composer." San Francisco, CA.
May 25 2000	Community Music Center in San Francisco. Free community performance with mezzo Frederica von Stade and pianist Jake Heggie. Performance of Heggie"s SONGS TO THE MOON.
May 24 2000	Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. A full evening of music by Jake Heggie presented by San Francisco Performances. Performed by sopranos Kristin Clayton and Nicolle Foland; mezzo-sopranos Zheng Cao and Frederica von Stade; cellist Emil Miland; pianist Jake Heggie; with special guest Terrence McNally.
May 4 & 5 2000	Society for Ethical Culture. Premiere of "AGAIN," an operatic scene in 10 minutes with libretto by Kevin Gregory. Commissioned and performed by the Eos Orchestra; Jonathan Sheffer, conductor. Performances by soprano Susannah Waters, mezzo Kimberly Barber, tenor Matthew Chellis, baritone Dean Ely.
May 1 2000	Alice Tully Hall at New York"s Lincoln Center. A full evening of music by Jake Heggie presented by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Performed by sopranos Kristin Clayton and Nicolle Foland; mezzo-sopranos Zheng Cao, Jennifer Larmore and Frederica von Stade; cellist Emil Miland; pianists Martin Katz and Jake Heggie; with special guest Terrence McNally.
April 11 2000	Rex Hotel in San Francisco. "A Musical Informance" with James Schwabacher and Jake Heggie. Presented by San Francisco Performances.
April 2000	Publication of Book Three of THE FACES OF LOVE: The songs of Jake Heggie. Published by G. Schirmer.
March 25 2000	Private benefit concert for GLSEN and P-FLAG at the home of David Stein in San Francisco, with soprano Nicolle Foland, baritone Curt Branom, cellist Emil Miland and pianist Jake Heggie.
March 18 2000	Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. Concert to benefit Rooftop Elementary School with sopranos Kristin Clayton and Nicolle Foland, pianist Jake Heggie.
February 27 2000	Old First Church in San Francisco. Recital with soprano Kristin Clayton and pianist Jake Heggie, presented by the San Francisco Opera Center as part of the Schwabacher Debut Recital Series. Premiere of EVE-SONG, a cycle of eight songs to poetry of Philip Littell. Commissioned by James Schwabacher.
February 20 2000	Alice Tully Hall at New York"s Lincoln Center. Soprano Renee Fleming and actress Julie Harris in "My Business is to Love," featuring a recitation and performance of Heggie"s setting of Dickinson"s poem "I shall not live in vain."
February 6 2000	UC Berkeley. Benefit performance for the East Bay San Francisco Opera Guild with sopranos Kristin Clayton and Nicolle Foland, pianist Jake Heggie.
February 2000	Publication of Book Two of THE FACES OF LOVE: The songs of Jake Heggie. Published by G. Schirmer.
January 23 2000	Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley. Recital with soprano Nicolle Foland and pianist Jake Heggie presented by Cal Performances. Premieres of two new Heggie settings of Dickinson poetry.
January 8 2000	Whitney Hall, Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville, KY. Premiere of the orchestral version of PAPER WINGS performed by Frederica von Stade and The Louisville Orchestra; Uriel Segal, conductor. Orchestral version commissioned by The Louisville Orchestra.