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Moby-Dick premiere sails at Dallas Opera gains praise
Ben Heppner headlines the world premiere of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s Moby-Dick at the Winspear Opera House. The production attracts an eight minute standing ovation as the sea odyssey unfolds with luminous music, sharp direction, and expansive nautical design. Heppner embodies Ahab in a tragic, sung role while the cast, chorus, and tech team deliver a vivid stage voyage for contemporary opera audiences.
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Dallas
Ben Heppner
Ahab
Jake Heggie
Moby-Dick
Dallas Opera
Winspear Opera House
Heggie
Helen Prejean
San Francisco Opera
Benjamin Britten
Herman Melville
Britten
Billy Budd
Melville
Wagner
Gene Scheer
Terrence McNally
New England
Scheer
Alexander Rom
Greenhorn
Stephen Costello
Starbuck
Morgan Smith
Queequeg
Jonathan Lemalu
Talise Trevigne
Pip
Robert Brill
Elaine McCarthy
Donald Holder
Jane Greenwood
Keturah Stickan
Bill Lengfelder
Patrick Summers
Houston Grand Opera
Moby- Dick
State Opera of
South Australia
Calgary Opera
San Diego Opera
Heppner
Summers
Leonard Foglia