JAKE HEGGIE / LIBRETTO BY Gene Scheer
Moby-Dick
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Overview
Following the haunting Met premiere of his first opera, Dead Man Walking, composer Jake Heggie returns to the company with his 2010 adaptation of Herman Melville’s sea-drenched, heaven-storming epic. A cast of standouts comes together on the decks of the Pequod, with tenor Brandon Jovanovich starring as the monomaniacal Captain Ahab, implacable in his pursuit of the white whale; tenor Stephen Costello as Greenhorn, the opera’s version of Ishmael; baritone Peter Mattei as the even-keeled first mate Starbuck; and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as the Polynesian harpooneer Queequeg. The cast also features soprano Janai Brugger as Pip, tenor William Burden as Flask, and baritone Malcolm MacKenzie as Stubb. Maestro Karen Kamensek takes the podium for a stunning staging by Leonard Foglia that arrives at the Met newly enlarged and refined following acclaimed runs in Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.
Music by Jake Heggie
Libretto by Gene Scheer
Based on the book by Herman Melville
Production a gift of C. Graham Berwind, III and The Eugene McDermott Foundation
Moby-Dick is part of the Neubauer Family Foundation New Works Initiative
Production co-owned by The Dallas Opera, State Opera of South Australia, Calgary Opera, San Diego Opera, and San Francisco Opera
Cast
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Creators
Production
Leonard Foglia
Set Designer
Robert Brill
Costume Designer
Jane Greenwood
Lighting Designer
Gavan Swift
Projection Designer
Elaine McCarthy
Movement Director
Keturah Stickann
Composer
Jake Heggie
Librettist
Gene Scheer