Nov 15 - 17 2019 BOULDER	It’s A Wonderful Life in a new production by CU Presents at University of Colorado Boulder. More Perf. Info. University of Colorado Boulder Type: It’s A Wonderful Life
Nov 12 2019 NEW YORK	World premiere of Full Circle Fifty for flute, cello and piano, composed for Carol Wincenc’s 50th Anniversary Celebration concert at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York; featuring flutist Carol Wincenc, cellist Brook Speltz, and pianist Jake Heggie. Program also includes Debussy’s Syrinx, Mozart’s Flute Quartet in C Major, and the world premiere of Pierre Jalbert’s Quintet for Flute and String Quartet with the acclaimed Escher String Quartet. More Perf. Info. The Morgan Library & Museum Type: Premiere
Nov. 2, 6, 10, 13, 16 & 22 2019 CHICAGO	Dead Man Walking at the Lyric Opera of Chicago (company premiere), conducted by Nicole Paiement and directed by Leonard Foglia; starring Patricia Racette (Sister Helen), Ryan McKinney (Joseph DeRocher) and Susan Graham (Joseph’s Mother); with Whitney Morrison (Sister Rose), Wayne Tigges (Owen Hart), Gordon Hawkins (George Benton), Clay Hilley (Father Grenville), Talise Trevigne (Kitty Hart) and Allan Glassman (Howard Boucher) More Perf. Info. Lyric Opera of Chicago Type: Dead Man Walking
Aug 1 - 6 2019 SAN FRANCISCO	World Premiere of the new opera If I Were You (libretto by Gene Scheer), commissioned by the Merola Opera Program, at Herbst Theatre in the War Memorial Veterans Building, San Francisco. Conducted by Nicole Paiement and directed by Keturah Stickann Doucet. Cast will feature the exciting young artists of the Merola Opera Program’s Summer 2019 roster. Based on the Faustian story by Julien Green, If I Were You is the story of a lost young man who wishes he could be anyone else. A bargain with the devil gives him the power to move his soul and identity into another person, then another and another, as he strives to find a better identity and perhaps win the woman he has always loved from afar. More Perf. Info. Merola Opera Program Type: If I Were You
Jun 7 2019 CARDIFF	Dead Man Walking in a single performance by the Welsh National Opera as part of it’s Freedom Season, featuring Lucia Cervoni (Sister Helen), Morgan Smith (Joseph DeRocher) and Anne Mason (Joseph’s Mother); Karen Kamensek conducts and Martine Constantine directs a new production with sets by Misty Buckley. More Perf. Info. Welsh National Opera Type: Dead Man Walking
May 29 - Jun 2 2019 LOS ANGELES	Jake returns as a guest artist for SongFest at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. More Perf. Info. SongFest at The Colburn School Type: Guest Artist
May 18, 20, 22, 24 2019 GLASGOW	Dead Man Walking at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in the New Athenaeum Theatre, Glasgow featuring Carolyn Holt (Sister Helen), Mark Nathan (Joseph), Fiona Joice (Joseph’s Mother), MacArthur Alewel (George Benton), Thomas Kinch (Father Grenville); conducted by James Holmes, directed by Caroline Clegg and designed by Adrian Linford. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Type: Dead Man Walking
Apr 27, May 4 2019 WILMINGTON	Dead Man Walking at Opera Delaware in the Grand Opera House, Wilmington. Cast and Production TBA. Opera Delaware Type: Dead Man Walking
Apr 25 & 28 2019 CHICAGO	Moby-Dick at Chicago Opera Theater in Millennium Park’s Harris Theater. Cast includes Richard Cox (Ahab), Aleksey Bogdanov (Starbuck), Andrew Bidlack (Greenhorn), Vince Wallace (Queequeg) and Summer Hassan (Pip); conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya, directed by Kristine McIntyre, designed by Erhard Rom (sets), Jessica Jahn (costumes) and Marcus Dillard (lighting). More Perf. Info. Chicago Opera Theater Type: Moby-Dick
Mar 23 - Jul 5 2019 OLDENBURG	Dead Man Walking in 8 performances at Oldenburgisches Staatstheater. Cast and production TBA. Oldenburgisches Staatstheater Type: Dead Man Walking
Mar 23, 31, Apr 6, 10, 12 & 14 2019 ERFURT BRüHL	Dead Man Walking at Theater Erfurt in Germany. Cast and Production TBA. Theater Erfurt Type: Dead Man Walking
Mar 8, 9 & 10 2019 SAN DIEGO	Three Decembers at the San Diego Opera as part of its Detour series, starring Frederica von Stade (Madeline Mitchell), Kristin Clayton (Bea) and Steven LaBrie (Charlie); conducted by Adam Turner and directed by Karen Tiller. Patrick Henry Performing Arts Center. San Diego Opera Type: Three Decembers
Feb 22, 24, Mar 1 & 3 2019 BINGHAMTON	Three Decembers at Tri-Cities Opera in Binghamton, New York. Featuring Tesia Kwarteng (Madeline), Lianne Aharony (Bea), and Aaron Stepanek (Charlie); conducted by Braden Toan and directed by James Kenon Mitchell. Tri-Cities Opera Type: Three Decembers
Feb. 15 & 17 2019 MOOREHEAD	Three Decembers at Fargo Moorehead Chamber Opera, featuring Lucy Thrasher (Madeline Mitchell), Anne Jennifer Nash (Beatrice) and Robert Wesley Mason (Charlie); conducted by Cody Martin and directed by Austin Regan. Performances at Weld Hall, Minnesota State University, Moorehead. More Perf. Info. Fargo Moorehead Chamber Opera Type: Three Decembers
Feb 9, 10, 14, 17, 22 & 24 2019 SAN JOSE	Moby-Dick produced by Opera San Jose in a new production featuring Richard Cox (Ahab), Justin Ryan (Starbuck), Noah Steward (Greenhorn), Ashraf Sewailam (Queequeg), and Jasmine Habersham (Pip). Conducted by Joseph Marcheso, directed by Kristine McIntyre with sets by Erhard Rom and costumes by Jessica Jahn. More Perf. Info. Opera San Jose Type: Moby-Dick
Feb 5 2019	Here/After: Songs of Lost Voices The songs of Jake Heggie at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches TX; featuring pianist Ron Petti with sopranos Debbie Berry and Emily Milius, mezzo-soprano Nita Hudson, tenor Ric Berry, baritones Scott LaGraff and Chris Turner. More Perf. Info. Type: Concert
Feb 4 - 7 2019 CLEVELAND	Jake joins soprano Ann Moss as guest artists for Cleveland Opera Theater’s New Opera Works festival More Perf. Info. Cleveland Opera Theater Type: Guest Artist
Feb 2, 5, 8 & 10 2019 ATLANTA	Dead Man Walking at the Atlanta Opera with Jamie Barton (Sister Helen), Michael Mayes (Joseph), Maria Zifchak (Joseph’s Mother) and Karen Slack (Sister Rose), conducted by Joseph Mechavich and directed by Tomer Zvulun. More Perf. Info. The Atlanta Opera Type: Dead Man Walking
Jan 25 - 27 2019 BOSTON	Three Decembers at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, produced and directed by Sharon Daniels, featuring Leslie Jacobson Kaye (Madeline), Erin Merceruio (Bea), Mitch FitzDaniel (Charlie). Led by pianist Regan Siglin with sets by Julia Noulin-Merat, costumes by Neil Fortin, lighting by Ginevra Lombardo, and wigs by Rachel Padula. Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Type: Three Decembers
Jan 13, 19, 27; Feb 8, 19; Mar 21 & 29 2019 BIELEFELD	Dead Man Walking at Theater Bielefeld, Germany. Casting TBA. More Perf. Info. Theater Bielefeld Type: Dead Man Walking