DEAD MAN WALKING (Act 1): DiDonato, von Stade, Cutlip, Brueggergosman, Packer, Parrish, Mentzer

2011 live broadcast of Act 1 of Jake Heggie's DEAD MAN WALKING.
Sister Helen Prejean: Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Joseph De Rocher: Philip Cutlip, baritone
Joseph's mother: Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano
Sister Rose: Measha Brueggergosman, soprano
Owen Hart: John Packard, baritone
Kitty Hart: Cheryl Parrish, soprano
Jade Boucher: Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano
Howard Boucher: Jon Kolbet, tenor
Beau Gibson
Hector Vásquez
Brittany Wheeler
Houston Grand Opera
Patrick Summers, condctor

[@SimonSimon-rn3tm]

Incredibly derivative: indebted to Copland for most of the time, and thus a real bore!

[@phillipwebb6604]

Sorry you hate the score so much. I saw this mounted in 2011 and found it fascinating.