From cell to stage – Groundbreaking opera piques Dayton’s interest | by Eric Street of Dayton City Paper

Photo: Composer Jake Heggie; photo: Art Claritye

An extraordinary event is about to take place in the Mead Theater of the Schuster Center: the first Midwest production in a decade of the gripping contemporary opera, Dead Man Walking. Composed by Jake Heggie to a libretto by Terrence McNally, Dead Man Walking does not shrink from asking the most difficult questions. Is all life precious? Even the life of a murderer?