Fact file
| Year of birth | 1961 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Period | 20th century |
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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.
An unforgettable emotional experience
American composer Jake Heggie's early opera performed by Washington National Opera was one of those rare experiences of an opera full of raw power and wrenching emotion with superb performers that one is not likely to forget soon.