Organization

Singer

Tenor

Stephen Costello

Ishmael

Countertenor

Ben Heppner

Ahab

Jay Hunter Morris

Baritone

Morgan Smith

Starbuck

Jonathan Lemalu

Queequeg

Soprano

Talise Trevigne

Matthew O'Neill

Flask

Robert Orth

Stubb

Conductor

Patrick Summers

Stage director

Leonard Foglia

Costume designer

Jane Greenwood

Set designer

Robert Brill

Choir

José Angel Hernández

Lighting designer

Gavan Swift

Bradley Kynard

Dagoo

Joo Won Kang

Captain Gardener

San Francisco Opera

Others

San Francisco Opera Chorus

English

Moby-Dick -  (Moby Dick)

San Francisco

United States

War Memorial Opera House

Herman Melville’s epic tale of a fierce, obsessive whaling-boat captain who descends into madness and puts his crew in mortal danger is brought to the stage in this thrilling production from San Francisco Opera.

Based on Herman Melville’s classic novel, composer Jake Heggie’s Moby Dick is an opera in two acts. Set in 1820, it tells the story of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, whose leg was taken by a white whale called Moby Dick. The captain is obsessed with finding and destroying the whale at all costs. Only Starbuck, the ship’s first mate, sees the deadly implications of the captain’s obsession.

Moby Dick was commissioned by the Dallas Opera (in collaboration with the San Francisco Opera, San Diego Opera, State Opera of South Australia and Calgary Opera) to commemorate its inaugural season in the Winspear Opera House in 2010.

Moby-Dick Heggie

Public

Moby Dick

Approved

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