MOBY DICK
Jake Heggie amd Geme Scheer
Three hours, including one intermission
SUNG IN ENGLISH
LA Opera On Air
“Call it a success… A whale tale with staying power” – Los Angeles Times
“Theatrically stunning… epic in scale. A vibrant, compelling piece of musical theater” – San Francisco Chronicle
Epic in every sense of the word, Moby-Dick comes to Los Angeles after a series of sold out triumphs around the world. Returning as Captain Ahab is the sensational Jay Hunter Morris, whose “fiery brilliance in his resplendent upper range captured both Ahab’s inner strength and demonic possession” (SanDiego.com). Based on Herman Melville’s classic novel, Jake Heggie’s sweeping, gorgeously detailed score has already taken its rightful place as a true contemporary masterpiece.
With astonishing visual effects and a magnificent musical score, one of the very greatest of all American novels comes thrillingly to life on the stage. A fanatical sea captain’s unrelenting obsession for revenge drives his entire crew into the face of death and destruction as they explore the vast and mysterious oceans in search of a monster.
CAST
CAPTAIN AHAB ….. Jay Hunter Morris
GREENHORN ….. Joshua Guerrero
STARBUCK, FIRST MATE ….. Morgan Smith
QUEEQUEG, A HARPOONER ….. Musa Ngqungwana
PIP, CABIN BOY ….. Jacqueline Echols
STUBB, SECOND MATE ….. Malcolm MacKenzie
FLASK, THIRD MATE ….. Matthew O’Neill
CAPTAIN GARDINER ….. Nicholas Brownlee
TASHTEGO, A HARPOONER ….. Sal Malaki
DAGGOO, A HARPOONER ….. Babatunde Akinboboye
NANTUCKET SAILOR ….. Todd Strange
SPANISH SAILOR ….. James Martin Schaefer
COMPOSER ….. Jake Heggie
LIBRETTIST ….. Gene Scheer
CONDUCTOR ….. James Conlon
Wagner
Original Air Date: 03/02/1957
Stiedry; Harshaw, Windgassen, Böhme, Uhde, Schech, Madeira
MOD Audio SID.18450101
Puccini
Original Air Date: 03/21/1981
Levine; Zylis-Gara, Ciannella, Elvira, Capecchi
SID.18450315
Gounod
Original Air Date: 04/13/1968
Molinari-Pradelli; Gedda, Freni, Macurdy, Baldwin, Reardon
SID.18450317
Donizetti
Original Air Date: 12/05/1964
Varviso; Sutherland; Kónya, Herlea, Giaiotti
MOD Audio SID.18450319
Rossini
Original Air Date: 01/17/1976
Schippers; Sills, Verrett, Di Giuseppe, Díaz
SID.18450422
Tchaikovsky
Original Air Date: 04/10/1999
Gergiev; Domingo, Gorchakova, Söderström, Hvorostovsky, Borodina, Putilin
MOD AudioMOD Video SID.18450423
Puccini
Original Air Date: 03/21/1981
Levine; Zylis-Gara, Ciannella, Elvira, Capecchi
SID.18450424
Verdi
Original Air Date: 12/19/1987
Bonynge; Pavarotti, Sutherland, Verrett, Nucci, De Grandis
MOD Audio SID.18450425
Wagner
Original Air Date: 12/04/1976
Levine; Kollo, Lorengar, Dunn, McIntyre, Giaiotti
SID.18450426
Verdi
Original Air Date: 04/04/1959
Cleva; Gari, Rysanek, Merrill, Thebom, Hines, Uhde
MOD Audio SID.18450529
Mozart
Original Air Date: 03/04/1967
Krips; Raskin, Shirley, Uppman, Peters, Macurdy
MOD Audio SID.18450530
Verdi
Original Air Date: 04/04/1959
Cleva; Gari, Rysanek, Merrill, Thebom, Hines, Uhde
MOD Audio SID.18450531
Strauss
Original Air Date: 03/09/1991
Kout; Ziegler, Gessendorf, Haugland, Kilduff, Meredith
SID.18450532
Giordano
Original Air Date: 04/26/1997
Abbado; Freni, Domingo, Croft, Arteta
MOD Video SID.18450533
Verdi
Original Air Date: 03/11/1995
Levine; Chernov, Millo, Domingo, Scandiuzzi, Pola
SID.18450534
Donizetti
Original Air Date: 12/05/1964
Varviso; Sutherland; Kónya, Herlea, Giaiotti
MOD Audio SID.18450535
Wagner
Original Air Date: 12/02/1944
Szell; Traubel, Janssen, Bampton, Melchior, Thorborg, Kipnis
MOD Audio SID.18450636
Verdi
Original Air Date: 12/19/1987
Bonynge; Pavarotti, Sutherland, Verrett, Nucci, De Grandis
MOD Audio SID.18450637
Rossini
Original Air Date: 01/17/1976
Schippers; Sills, Verrett, Di Giuseppe, Díaz
SID.18450638
Wagner
Original Air Date: 12/02/1944
Szell; Traubel, Janssen, Bampton, Melchior, Thorborg, Kipnis
MOD Audio SID.18450639
Mozart
Original Air Date: 12/09/2006
Levine; van Rensburg, Röschmann, Deshorties, Kozená. Francis
MOD Audio SID.18450640
Tchaikovsky
Original Air Date: 04/10/1999
Gergiev; Domingo, Gorchakova, Söderström, Hvorostovsky, Borodina, Putilin
MOD AudioMOD Video SID.18450641
Wagner
Original Air Date: 12/04/1976
Levine; Kollo, Lorengar, Dunn, McIntyre, Giaiotti
SID.18450642
Wagner
Original Air Date: 12/04/1976
Levine; Kollo, Lorengar, Dunn, McIntyre, Giaiotti
SID.18450743
Giordano
Original Air Date: 04/26/1997
Abbado; Freni, Domingo, Croft, Arteta
MOD Video SID.18450744
Mozart
Original Air Date: 03/04/1967
Krips; Raskin, Shirley, Uppman, Peters, Macurdy
MOD Audio SID.18450745
Puccini
Original Air Date: 03/21/1981
Levine; Zylis-Gara, Ciannella, Elvira, Capecchi
SID.18450746
Gounod
Original Air Date: 04/13/1968
Molinari-Pradelli; Gedda, Freni, Macurdy, Baldwin, Reardon
SID.18450747
Strauss
Original Air Date: 03/09/1991
Kout; Ziegler, Gessendorf, Haugland, Kilduff, Meredith
SID.18450748