The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Latonia Moore

Sister Rose

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Joyce DiDonato

Sister Helen Prejean

Age : 55 | Popularity : 7%

Ryan McKinny

Joseph de Rocher

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Susan Graham

Mrs. Patrick de Rocher

Age : 63 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Ivo van Hove
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Designer	An D'Huys
Sound	Sound Designer	Tom Gibbons
Production	Production Designer	Christopher Ash
Writing	Writer	Terrence McNally
	Original Concept	Helen Prejean
Art	Set Designer	Jan Versweyveld
Lighting	Lighting Design	Jan Versweyveld
Department	Role	Name

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