And it was their relentless, questing pursuit of excellence which inspired their finest artistic achievement. “Leviathan, the ...

The New York company recently opened two underpowered productions: Jake Heggie’s 2010 adaptation of the Herman Melville ...

The Metropolitan Opera premiered an expanded version of Jake Heggie’s 2010 adaptation, which had its East Coast premiere at ...

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Green and Costello were in full voice, the orchestra had a new level of energy. The climax was like the slow eruption of a ...

Streamlining Melville’s sprawling novel, Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s moody, monochromatic 2010 adaptation has come to the Metropolitan Opera.