Submitted by NZ Opera News on May 22, 2007 - 03:05.
Starring — Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Catherine Carby and Kirsti Harms
Music — Jake Heggie
Libretto — Terrence McNally
Director — Nigel Jamieson
Conductor — Paul Kildea
Set & Costume Design — Dan Potra
Lighting Design — Trudy Dalgleish
Producer — Nicole Alexander
A Dramatic Musical Event based on the True Story & Novel by Sister Helen Prejean.
In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean was the spiritual advisor to the convicted murderer of a teenage couple. Dead Man Walking is her moving account of their incredible emotional journey while preparing for his execution in Louisiana, USA. As a best-selling novel it remained at number 1 in the New York Times Best Seller Lists for 31 weeks, and as a film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn it won an Oscar and earned several other nominations.
When Dead Man Walking first opened in the US it became an overnight sensation — the fastest selling opera production in recent history. At its Australian opera debut in Adelaide it met with standing ovations and packed houses, winning it no less than four Helpmann Awards.
Now Dead Man Walking comes to Sydney in a brand new production led by the extraordinary Teddy Tahu Rhodes, whose portrayal of a death row inmate shot him to international stardom.
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