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  • DEAD MAN WALKING (JAKE HEGGIE)

  • Company : Barbican Centre
Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom
20 February 2018
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  • CAST
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    Joyce Didonato Follow

    Sister Helen
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    Measha Brueggergosman Follow

    Sister Rose
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    Lucy Schaufer Follow

    Jade Boucher
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    Maria Zifchak Follow

    Ms Patrick De Rocher
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    Michael Mayes Follow

    Joseph De Rocher
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    Maria Hinojosa Follow

    Kitty Hart (Soprano, Teacher)
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    Toni Marsol Follow

    Owen Hart
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    Mark Wigglesworth Follow

    Conductor
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    Leonard Foglia Follow

    Stage Director

Joyce DiDonato leads a magnificent all-American cast as Sister Helen Prejean in the UK premiere of Jake Heggie’s powerful operatic exploration of the US justice system and capital punishment.

Written in 2000 to a libretto by Terence McNally, Dead Man Walking is based on Sister Helen Prejean’s book about her work with condemned prisoners on death row. The opera centres on the powerful relationship that developed between a convicted murderer awaiting execution, Joseph De Rocher, and the nun who fights for clemency. It put Heggie on the map as a major force in modern opera, and Dead Man Walking has received numerous revivals worldwide. Mark Wigglesworth returns to the BBC SO to conduct an evening likely to stir up strong emotions.

Part of our 2018 Season, The Art of Change, which explores how artists respond to, reflect and can potentially effect change in the social and political landscape.

Programme & Performers

Jake Heggie Dead Man Walking (UK Premiere)
Semi-staged performance

Age guidance 16+

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