16-30 Oct 2009. This work is the first opera by the composer Jake Heggie and the librettist Terence McNelly, based on the best-selling novel by Sister Helen Prejean, spiritual advisor to the convicted murderer of a teenage couple. It tells the true story of the deep and poignant interactions between a nun and a prisoner on death row and their complicated emotional journey of forgiveness, redemption and human anguish. The opera features classical, rock, jazz and Afro-American spirituals.

Since 2000, when it was presented to the public for the first time, Dead Man Walking has become one of the world

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Address Opera house. 1-10 DF Malan Street, Cape Town, tel. 0027 (0)21 4109807. Daily 19.30. R100-350.

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Dead Man Walking.

Opera house. 1-10 DF Malan Street, Cape Town, tel. 0027 (0)21 4109807. Daily 19.30. R100-350.

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