Dead Man Walking (opera)
Dead Man Walking is the first opera by Jake Heggie, with a libretto (based on the book of the same name by Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ) by Terrence McNally; it premiered on October 7, 2000 at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco Opera.
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