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''Dead Man Walking'' is the first opera by Jake Heggie, with a libretto by Terrence McNally. Based on the book of the same name by Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, the work premiered on October 7, 2000 at the War Memorial Opera House, produced by the San Francisco Opera. ==Performance history== The 2000 premiere production was commissioned by then-General Director Lotfi Mansouri and the stage director was Joe Mantello. Sets, costumes and lighting were designed by Michael Yeargen, Sam Fleming, and Jennifer Tipton, respectively. The opera has since been performed numerous times across the United States and had its Australian premiere in 2002 at the State Opera of South Australia, with Teddy Tahu Rhodes as Joseph De Rocher. The opera was nominated for six Helpmann Awards, winning two: "Best Set Design" and "Best Male in an Operatic Performance". It was also produced in St. Louis, Missouri by the Union Avenue Opera Company in 2011.〔Chuck Lavazzi, ("''Dead Man Walking'' at Union Avenue Opera )", Operatic St. Louis / KDHX, 2011〕 In 2007, the opera played in Sydney for a limited season produced by Nicole Alexander Productions at the State Theatre. The Canadian premiere took place in January 2006 in Calgary, Alberta, with Daniel Okulitch in the role of Joseph De Rocher. The European premiere was given in May 2006 at the Semperoper in Dresden, Germany. The same production had its opening night on September 26, 2007, at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. The opera also played at the Malmö Opera och Musikteater in Malmö, Sweden. A new orchestration of the opera, for 31 musicians, prepared under Jake Heggie's direction, will be premiered at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco in February 2015 by Opera Parallèle. The production will be directed by Brian Staufenbiel and conducted by Nicole Paiement; the cast will feature Jennifer Rivera (Sister Helen), Michael Mayes (Joe DeRocher), Catherine Cook (Mrs. DeRocher), and Talise Trevigne (Sister Rose). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dead Man Walking (opera)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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