Dead Man Walking
Dead Man Walking is an opera composed by American Jake Heggie, with a libretto by playwright Terrence McNally.
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The original text
Based on the book of the same name by Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J., the work premiered on October 7, 2000, at the War Memorial Opera House, produced by the San Francisco Opera.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2009: Presented by Cape Town Opera (16 – 30 October)
Sources
Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.
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