Organization

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Joyce DiDonato

Sister Helen Prejean

Baritone

Michael Mayes

Joseph De Rocher

Maria Zifchak

Mrs. Patrick De Rocher

Soprano

Measha Brueggergosman

Sister Rose

Damián del Castillo

George Benton

Tenor

Roger Padullés

Father Grenville

María Hinojosa Montenegro

Kitty Hart

Toni Marsol

Owen Hart

Marta de Castro

Jade Boucher

Vicenç Esteve

Howard Boucher

Enric Martínez-Castignani

A Motor Cop

Celia Alcedo

Sister Catherine

Marifé Nogales

Sister Lillianne

1. Prison Guard

Conductor

Mark Wigglesworth

Stage director

Leonard Foglia

Set designer

Michael McGarty

Costume designer

Jess Goldstein

Video designer

Elaine J McCarthy

Lighting designer

Brian Nason

Chorus master

Andrés Máspero

Ana González

Tomeu Bibiloni

2. Prison Guard

Teatro Real de Madrid

Dead Man Walking

Madrid

Spain

Teatro Real

Sala Principal

Dead Man Walking is the first opera composed by American Jake Heggie, with a libretto by playwright Terrence McNally. 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.

On January 26, 2018, the Teatro Real presented the Spanish premiere of Dead Man Walking, the first opera by composer Jake Heggie, based on a non-fiction book of the same name by Sister Helen Prejean. Dead Man Walking - slang in American prisons for a prisoner on death row as he walks from his cell to the electric chair - is a reflection on the death penalty, and at the same time, a study in the redemptive power of love.

At the Teatro Real, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato gave life to Sister Helen Prejean, protagonist of the drama, while the musical direction was in the hands of Mark Wigglesworth, and the stage direction, by Leonardo Foglia.

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