Fact file
| Year of birth | 1961 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Period | 20th century |
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ChicagoDead Man WalkingNew production
Heggie: Dead Man Walking
Nicole Paiement; Leonard Foglia; Lyric Opera of Chicago; Michael McGarty; Jess Goldstein; Patricia Racette; Ryan McKinny
AmsterdamOlivia Vermeulen: 'Dirty Minds'
Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Eisler, Wolf, Weill, Debussy, Berg, Schoenberg, Bolcom, Heggie
Olivia Vermeulen; Jan Philip Schulze
BudapestDead Man WalkingNew production
Heggie: Dead Man Walking
András Almási-Toth; Hungarian State Opera; Krisztina Lisztopád
GlasgowDead Man Walking
Heggie: Dead Man Walking
James Holmes; Caroline Clegg; Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
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Atlanta Opera presents Dead Man Walking
Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking is credited as being the most performed 21st-century opera, and with good reason.
Heggie creates a new holiday tradition for the opera world
A wonderfully realized production at San Francisco Opera of Jake Heggie's operatic version of a holiday classic.
Crime, punishment, forgiveness, redemption: Dead Man Walking finally reaches London
Jake Heggie's spectacular vocal writing combine with Terence McNally's perfectly paced libretto to provide intense music drama which forces you to confront darkness.
Spanish première for Heggie's Dead Man Walking
Jake Heggie's story of redemption captivated the Teatro Real audience thanks to a solid cast and an effective production
Arrestingly effective: Dead Man Walking at Minnesota Opera
Dead Man Walking is currently the most frequently performed contemporary American opera. Joel Ivany's staging, first mounted in Vancouver, opened recently at Minnesota Opera just days after the opera's Spanish première in Madrid.
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