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Dead Man Walking: Teatro Real

About the Event

Witness opera music at its best in the highly‐anticipated performance of Jake Heggie's 'Dead Man Walking' at the Teatro Real in Madrid with the greatest mezzo‐soprano Joyce Didonato as Sister Helen.

A man who has been accused of a monstrous crime and is condemned to death row comes face to face with a nun who fiercely defends the dignity of every individual without exception. In Sister Helen Prejean and her story of redemption, composer Jake Heggie found the perfect material to compose an American opera with universal resonance. His musical language is constructed on a base of melodic motifs and rhythms which steadily increase in intensity.

Cast / Production

Musical director: Mark Wigglesworth
Stage director: Leonard Foglia
Set designer: Michael McGarty
Costume designer: Jess Goldstein
Lighting designer: Brian Nason
Video: Elaine McCarthy
Chorus Master: Andrés Máspero
Children's Chorus Conductor: Ana González

Production by the Lyric Opera of Chicago
Principal Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real
Pequeños Cantores de la ORCAM

Sister Helen: Joyce DiDonato
Joseph DeRocher: Michael Mayes
Mrs. DeRocher: Maria Zifchak
Sister Rose: Measha Brueggergosman
George Benton: Damián del Castillo
Father Grenville: Roger Padullés
Kitty Hart: María Hinojosa
Owen Hart: Toni Marsol
Jade Boucher: Lucy Schaufer
Howard Boucher: Vicenç Esteve
A Motor Cop: Enric Martínez‐Castignani
Sister Catherine: Celia Alcedo
Sister Lillianne: Marifé Nogales
First Prison Guard: Enric Martínez‐Castignani
Second Prison Guard: Tomeu Bibiloni

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