San Francisco Classical Voice

Jake Heggie: Composer of the Year and Opera Hall of Fame
December 2024

Jake Heggie, who has written some of the world’s most performed operas by any living composer, is receiving double honors in the coming year. The San Francisco resident, whose career went into high gear with the San Francisco Opera premiere of his Dead Man Walking in 2000, has been named Musical America’s Composer of the Year for 2025, and in March, he will be inducted into Opera America’s Opera Hall of Fame.