Opera Scotland

Dead Man Walking

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Music

Jake Heggie (born West Palm Beach, Florida, 31 March 1961).

Text

Terrence McNally.

Source

Book (1993) Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the US by Sister Helen Prejean CSJ.

 

Premieres

First Performance: San Francisco (War Memorial Opera House), 7 October 2000.

First Performance in UK: London (Barbican Hall), 20 February 2018 (semi-staged)

First Performance in Scotland: Glasgow (New Athenaeum Theatre), 18 May 2019.