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Moby-Dick
Composer:Jake Heggie
Librettist:Gene Scheer
Synopsis
A two-act opera chronicling Captain Ahab's obsessive search for the great whale. blah blah blah

Productions
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COMPANYTITLEDATES
Metropolitan OperaMoby-Dick3/3/2025 - 3/29/2025
Chicago Opera TheaterMoby-Dick4/25/2019 - 4/28/2019
Opera San JoséMoby-Dick2/9/2019 - 2/24/2019
Pittsburgh OperaMoby-Dick3/17/2018 - 3/25/2018
Utah Symphony | Utah OperaMoby-Dick1/20/2018 - 1/28/2018
Dallas OperaMoby-Dick11/4/2016 - 11/20/2016
Los Angeles OperaMoby-Dick10/31/2015 - 11/28/2015
San Francisco OperaMoby-Dick10/10/2012 - 11/11/2012
San Diego Opera AssociationMoby-Dick2/2/2012 - 2/26/2012
Calgary Opera AssociationMoby-Dick1/1/2012 - 2/3/2012
Dallas OperaMoby-Dick4/4/2010 - 5/16/2010


OPERA America/Opera.ca Grants Awarded
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GRANT NAMEYEAR
New Works Exploration Grants2016
New Works Exploration Grants2013
New Works Exploration Grants2012
The Opera Fund: Audience Development 2012
New Works Sampler 2011

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Approximate Runtime (hh:mm)
2:20

Number of Acts
2

Musical Style
Number opera; tonal; bitonal; atonal; some sea shanties and sailors' work songs, with words provided by Melville, composed in the style of the period

Vocal & Musical Forces
Singers: 4 principal roles, 7 secondary roles; TTBB chorus as ship's crew; SATB Greek chorus; gymnasts. Standard orchestra, plus organ

Original Cast
Ben Heppner (Captain Ahab)
Jonathan Beyer (Captain Gardiner)
Keron Jackson (Daggoo)
Stephen Hall (First Sailor)
Allan Glassman (Flask)
Stephen Costello (Ishmael)
Talise Trevigne (Pip)
Jonathan Lemalu (Queequeg)
John Bates (Second Sailor)
Morgan Smith (Starbuck)
Robert Orth (Stubb)
Brian Rosewell (Tashtego)



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