HEGGIE:DEAD MAN WALKING (CD) IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days This live recording from the 10th Anniversary Production of Dead Man Walking in Houston presents Joyce DiDonato as Sister Helen Prejean, who becomes a counsellor to murderer on death row in Lousiana, shares the stage with her idol, veteran mezzo Frederica von Stade, here making her farewell to opera. This is the second recording of Dead Man Walking, the first one was released on Erato in 2000. Since its premier in 2000, it has become one of the opera worlds most performed new works -with nearly 150 performances to date- Heggies operas have been performed to tremendous acclaim internationally. Like Tim Robbins Oscar-winning 1995 movie of the same name, which starred Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, the opera draws on Sister Helens real-life memoirs: a leading advocate for abolition of the death penalty in the USA, she acted as a counsellor to a prisoner on death row in Louisiana. However great an operatic and theatrical experience, continued the Houston Chronicle, Dead Man Walking makes its greatest impact as a purely human one. Features Summary This live recording from the 10th Anniversary Production of Dead Man Walking in Houston presents Joyce DiDonato as Sister Helen Prejean, who becomes a counsellor to murderer on death row in Lousiana... Contributors Joyce Di Donato Format CD Release date 20131204