GENRE: Opera / LIVE IN THEATERS
RATING: NR
RUNNING TIME: 3:15
RELEASE DATE: October 21, 2023
STARRING: Latonia Moore, Joyce DiDonato, Ryan McKinny, Susan Graham
DIRECTOR: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
WRITER(S): Jake Heggie
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: American composer Jake Heggie’s compelling masterpiece, the most widely performed new opera of the last 20 years, arrives in cinemas on October 21 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 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. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe. Content Advisory: Dead Man Walking contains a depiction of a rape and murder, as well as other adult themes and strong language.