But the opera, with music by Jake Heggie and a libretto by ... the composer of “Dead Man Walking” and DiDonato. Working on the opera, Hale said, “reminds you not to get lost in prison.” ...

In one scene after another, the music lets us feel and understand things ... Only one thing is lacking to make "Dead Man Walking" a complete success, and that is some means of making it available ...

“Dead Man Walking” could very well deliver on the ... staging remains one of inescapable confinement. Even Heggie’s music — a roiling and often thrilling concoction of Britten-esque ...

“Dead Man Walking,” the opera ... a kind of politely raucous echo of Bernstein’s rumble music from “West Side Story.”) De Rocher stubbornly denies responsibility for the crime as ...

singing opera and art songs for them and with them. When “Dead Man Walking,” which was originally scheduled as part of the Met’s 2021 season, was coming together, following the pandemic ...

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 ...