The first recording of Jake’s choral music is performed by the spectacular John Alexander Singers and the great American mezzo-soprano, Susan Graham. It features the premiere recordings of Heggie & Scheer’s choral opera, The Radio Hour, as well as settings of texts by Dickinson, Amy Lowell, and the hymn from the opera Dead Man Walking. For more information about the composition, see THE RADIO HOUR (2014). Available on Amazon, Spotify, Apple Music and iTunes. Listen now on Spotify. 1. The Radio Hour 2. Patterns 3. I Shall Not Live In Vain 4. He Will Gather Us Around (solo version) 5….
This compilation of some of Susan Graham’s great recordings includes several tracks from Jake’s opera Dead Man Walking. For more information about the composition, see DEAD MAN WALKING (2000). Available on Amazon….
…production by Orphan Phelan, conducted by Sebastian Lang-Lessing. Cast TBA. More Perf. Info. Royal Danish Opera Type: Dead Man Walking May 7 2016 FRESNO Dead Man Walking at Fresno Grand Opera in a new production directed by Daniel Witzke, conducted by Ryan Murray at the William Saroyan Theatre. More Perf. Info. Fresno Grand Opera Type: Dead Man Walking Apr 23 2016 SHREVEPORT Dead Man Walking at Shreveport Opera , conducted by Jerome Shannon. Casting and production details TBA Shreveport Opera Type: Dead Man Walking Mar 4, 6 2016 NEW ORLEANS Dead Man Walking at New Orleans Opera…
…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 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 Feb 2, 5, 8 & 10…
A spectacular double-CD celebrating Joyce DiDonato’s first 10 years with Erato/Warner Classics and featuring tracks from some of her most popular recordings, from Baroque and bel canto to Strauss, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and even two tracks from her landmark recording of Dead Man Walking (Virgin Classics). It’s time to ReJoyce! See on on EMI Classics. Available on Amazon, Spotify, Apple Music and iTunes. Listen now on Spotify….
“A HUGE SUCCESS WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE” TheaterJones “DEEPLY MOVING AND MUSICALLY BRILLIANT” WQXR Operavore “FUNNY, TOUCHING AND ENDLESSLY ENTERTAINING” D Magazine “GREAT SCOTT IS A GREAT NEW OPERA, HILARIOUS, ENDEARING, SOPHISTICATED, PROFOUND…” Opera Warhorses “A MAGNIFICENT AND GLORIOUS CREATION” The Dallas Voice About Cast/Teams Press Recording ABOUT GREAT SCOTT Jack O’Brien, Jake Heggie & Terrence McNally Photo Karen Almond Great Scott is the first full-length opera by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Terrence McNally since Dead Man Walking in 2000. It was commissioned by The Dallas Opera and is co-produced with San Diego Opera. The world premiere was…
…Starbuck, sees the deadly implications of Ahab’s obsession. Photo Karen Almond/Courtesy of The Dallas OperaClick image for more photos. “Heggie has become one of the pre-eminent contemporary opera composers. His Dead Man Walking premiered at the San Francisco Opera in 2000 and is among the most successful operas premiered since the death of Benjamin Britten in 1976. Moby-Dick, based on Melville’s 1851 novel, is another triumph.” Ronald Blum, Associated Press “It’s glorious and it’s gripping; it’s grand — and it’s good! Heggie — assisted by his seasoned librettist Gene Scheer — has achieved something with Moby-Dick that American…
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“Three Decembers is a modern masterpiece” OPERA TODAY, Wes Blomster About Cast/Teams Productions Recording Reviews ABOUT THREE DECEMBERS Frederica von Stade Photo Brett Coomer Three Decembers is a 90-minute opera in one act by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer, based on Terrence McNally’s original script Some Christmas Letters. The opera is composed for three singers (soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone) with 11 instrumentalists: oboe/English Horn, clarinet/bass clarinet, sax/flute, 2 pianos, percussion, 3 violins, 1 cello, 1 bass. Three Decembers was commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera and co-commissioned by the San Francisco Opera in association with Cal Performances…
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…score is beautiful — characteristically elegant, with enveloping orchestral passages, soaring solo flights and arresting duets, trios, and ensembles. Khuner, West Edge Opera’s music director since 1985, drew vibrant playing from his 24-piece orchestra, and the singers poured themselves into the performance. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Charlotte Kaiser (September 25, 2005) Many singers love the music of Jake Heggie for the way his vocal lines lie for their voices; he is a very “singable” composer, and stars like Renée Fleming have recorded his songs. Mr. Heggie’s last opera, Dead Man Walking, about the death penalty, was also a popular success….
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SATB a cappella. An arrangement of the original hymn tune from the opera “Dead Man Walking.” First performance: April 6, 2003 at Wichita State University. Sheet Music, Scores, Parts and Performance Materials are available from billholabmusic.com….
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