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Heggie’s newly staged Moby Dick lands triumphantly at the Met
Fifteen years after its Dallas Opera world premiere, Jake Heggie’s grand adaptation of Herman Melville’s sprawling epic arrives in New York in a stunning production with a standout cast.
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
The heart of the sea: Moby-Dick
American composer Jake Heggie makes his Los Angeles Opera debut in this powerful performance of his 2010 opera, Moby-Dick.
Cold Mountain: Higdon's maiden operatic voyage
There was a nod to John Adams in the score, but also a kind of edgy Americana, complete with powerful writing for male chorus, and an attempt to communicate the flavor of rural North Carolina, not far from where Higdon grew up.