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Work: Moby Dick

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ComposerHeggie, Jake (b. 1961)
PeriodContemporary
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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Heggie’s newly staged Moby Dick lands triumphantly at the Met

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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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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.
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Jake Heggie's Moby-Dick triumphs in San Francisco

Though reports of the work’s importance and dramatic power have attended it since its 2010 premiere in Dallas, I doubt many in the audience of the War Memorial Opera House on Wednesday night were prepared for the impact of Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick.
*****
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