First Person: Kerem Hasan on the transformative experience of conducting Jake Heggie's 'Dead Man Walking'

Conducting Dead Man Walking: A Transformative Experience

Kerem Hasan shares his experience of conducting Jake Heggie's opera.

In the second act of Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally's Dead Man Walking, a poignant scene unfolds. Joseph De Rocher, a man condemned to death, has a devastating interaction with his mother, accompanied by his spiritual advisor Sister Helen Prejean. This final, inconsolable goodbye occurs before De Rocher is processed for his impending execution.

A final, inconsolable goodbye before De Rocher is processed for his impending execution.

Author's summary: Kerem Hasan conducts Dead Man Walking opera.

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