Great Scott
Music by Jake Heggie · libretto by Terrence McNally · premiered 2015 · at Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House
Great Scott is an opera composed in 2015, with music written by Jake Heggie to a libretto by Terrence McNally. This was the duo's first, full-length opera since the premiere of Dead Man Walking in 2000. It was one of three works commissioned by the Dallas Opera in 2015. In a production starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, Great Scott premiered at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Texas, on October 30, 2015. A West Coast premiere of Great Scott by the San Diego Opera opened on May 7, 2016.
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About the Composer
Jake Heggie is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Jake Heggie
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Dead Man Walking (2000)