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Heggie’s newly staged Moby Dick lands triumphantly at the Met

Peter Mattei (Starbuck) © Karen Almond | Met Opera

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.  

*****
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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. 
*****
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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.
****1
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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.
****1
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Into thin air: La Wally and Everest

Two mountain-themed operas were performed recently in Dallas, including the much-anticipated world première of Joby Talbot's Everest. 
***11
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