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10-Oct-2012
War Memorial Opera House
Jake Heggie's Moby-Dick triumphs in San Francisco
Image credit: Moby Dick: Morgan Smith and the crew of the Pequod © Cory WeaverThough reports of the work’s importance and dramatic power have attended it since its 2010 premiere in Dallas, I doubt many in the audience of the War Memorial Opera House on Wednesday night were prepared for the impact of Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick. After nearly three hours of gripping drama and emotionally resonant musical storytelling, the tale of the crew of the Pequod and their pursuit of the white whale concluded in a deathly quiet, the audience sitting in stunned silence. The thunderous applause that followed was effusive and cathartic – what a journey!
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