| Moby-Dick | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Jake Heggie | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Moby_Dick_final_chase.jpg) Illustration from Herman Melville's novel on which the opera is based | |
| Librettist | Gene Scheer |
| Based on | Moby-Dick by Herman Melville |
| Premiere | April 30, 2010 Winspear Opera House, Dallas |
| Website | jakeheggie.com/moby-dick-2010 |
Moby-Dick is an American opera in two acts, with music by Jake Heggie and libretto by Gene Scheer, adapted from Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. The opera received its premiere at Dallas Opera in Dallas, Texas, on 30 April 2010.[1] Heggie dedicated the opera to Stephen Sondheim.[2]
- ^ Steve Smith (2010-05-02). "A Role for the Roiling Sea as Ahab Hunts His Whale". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
- ^ Joshua Kosman (2012-10-07). "Moby-Dick puts wind in Heggie's sails". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-02-19.