CinemaOSMovie · 2023 · 3h 15m · NR

The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking

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American composer Jake Heggie’s compelling masterpiece, the most widely performed new opera of the last 20 years, arrives in cinemas in a haunting new production by Ivo van Hove. 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 and a brilliant libretto by Tony and Emmy Award–winner Terrence McNally. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium, with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato starring as Sister Helen. The outstanding cast also features bass-baritone Ryan McKinny as the death-row inmate Joseph De Rocher, soprano Latonia Moore as Sister Rose, and legendary mezzo-soprano Susan Graham—who sang Helen Prejean in the opera’s 2000 premiere—as De Rocher’s mother.

Directed byIvo van Hove

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Status
Released
Runtime
3h 15m
Language
EN
Released
October 21, 2023
Studios
The Metropolitan Opera

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Dead Man Walking: Trailer

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Dead Man Walking at the Met

Dead Man Walking at the Met

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring
Latonia Moore

Latonia Moore

Sister Rose

Joyce DiDonato

Joyce DiDonato

Sister Helen Prejean

Ryan McKinny

Joseph de Rocher

Susan Graham

Susan Graham

Mrs. Patrick de Rocher

Creative team
Directed by
Ivo van Hove
Written by
Terrence McNally
Terrence McNally

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