The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking
American composer Jake Heggie’s compelling masterpiece, the most widely performed new opera of the last 20 years, arrives in cinemas in a haunting new production by Ivo van Hove. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer, Dead Man Walking matches the high drama of its subject with Heggie’s beautiful and poignant music and a brilliant libretto by Tony and Emmy Award–winner Terrence McNally. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium, with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato starring as Sister Helen. The outstanding cast also features bass-baritone Ryan McKinny as the death-row inmate Joseph De Rocher, soprano Latonia Moore as Sister Rose, and legendary mezzo-soprano Susan Graham—who sang Helen Prejean in the opera’s 2000 premiere—as De Rocher’s mother.
Year: 2023
Studio: The Metropolitan Opera
Director: Ivo van Hove
Cast: Latonia Moore, Joyce DiDonato, Ryan McKinny, Susan Graham
Crew: Terrence McNally (Writer), Helen Prejean (Original Concept), Jan Versweyveld (Set Designer), Jan Versweyveld (Lighting Design), Ivo van Hove (Director), An D'Huys (Costume Designer)
Runtime: 195 minutes
Release: Oct 21, 2023
IMDb: 6.50/10 by 2 users
Popularity: 0
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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