Great Scott (opera)

Great Scott
Opera by Jake Heggie
Jake Heggie
Librettist	Terrence McNally
Premiere	October 30, 2015 (2015-10-30) Winspear Opera House, Dallas

Great Scott is an opera composed in 2015, with music written by Jake Heggie to a libretto by Terrence McNally. This was the duo's first, full-length opera since the premiere of Dead Man Walking in 2000. It was one of three works commissioned by the Dallas Opera in 2015. ^{[1] [2]}

In a production starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, Great Scott premiered at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Texas, on October 30, 2015. ^{[3] [4]}

A West Coast premiere of Great Scott by the San Diego Opera opened on May 7, 2016. ^[5]

Roles

Roles, premiere cast

Role	Premiere cast
Arden Scott	Joyce DiDonato
Tatyana Bakst	Ailyn Pérez
Winnie Flato	Frederica von Stade
Sid Taylor	Nathan Gunn
Roane Heckle	Anthony Roth Costanzo
Eric Gold	Kevin Burdette
Ghost of Vittorio Bazzetti	Kevin Burdette
Wendell Swann	Michael Mayes
Tommy Taylor	Mark Hancock
Anthony Candelino	Rodell Rosel

References

1. "The Dallas Opera Announces Commission of New Work by Composer Mark Adamo" by Katie Womac, Dallas Observer , November 15, 2013
2. "Great Scott (2015)". Jake Heggie Composer & Pianist. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
3. Kosman, Joshua (October 31, 2015). "Heggie's Great Scott fumbles effort to team up opera, football". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved March 31, 2020.
4. "World Premiere of Great Scott!" Archived 2015-10-19 at the Wayback Machine by Celeste Hart, Dallas Opera, October 2, 2015
5. "SD Opera: West Coast Premiere of Great Scott". Archived from the original on 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2016-04-24.

External links

• Cincinnati Opera workshop on Great Scott in November, 2014