Heggie: Great Scott (complete opera)
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JACK HEGGIE
Heggie: Great Scott (complete opera)
Joyce DiDonato, Ailyn Pérez, Frederica von Stade, Nathan Gunn / Orchestra and Chorus of The Dallas Opera, Patrick Summers
[ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 25 January 2018
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Jake Heggie, who has been described as US opera's most successful composer, chose the celebrated playwright Terence McNally as his librettist for Great Scott. The two previously collaborated on the gripping Dead Man Walking, which has become something of a modern classic since its premiere in 2000. Joyce DiDonato first performed its central role, Sister Helen Prejean, at New York City Opera in 2002 and will do so again in concert stagings in London and Madrid in January/February 2018, coinciding with the album release of Great Scott.
"[Heggie's] gift for creative partnerships is supreme...The conceit gets DiDonato singing watery pastiche Bellini, scaling coloratura flights, surviving a mad scene and crooning in velvet; all pleasing to hear...Aside from DiDonato, Nathan Gunn stands out as Arden's old boyfriend, Ailyn Pérez has a ball as an east European upstart...and Anthony Roth Costanzo is crisply effective as the company's stage manager." (The Times)
