Twenty-five years ago, a new opera titled “Dead Man Walking” made its world premiere in a San Francisco Opera production. Based on the same-titled 1993 memoir by author and activist Sister Helen ...

It’s one thing to be a multi-disciplinary artist tackling traditional and experimental works and your own creations. That’s ...

Jamie Barton as Sister Helen Prejean in Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally’s ‘Dead Man Walking.’ (Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera) For the past week, the U.S. government has demanded that Americans ...

The opening scene of “Dead Man Walking” immediately garnered discomfort: Dark, unsettling music echoed throughout the auditorium as two teenagers’ risqué lakeside rendezvous became the site of ...

Beth Morrison Projects’ The Old Man and the Sea will be presented at the Mershon Auditorium on October 10 and 12, 2025. Composed by Paola Prestini with a libretto by Royce Vavrek, the opera reimagines ...

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