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Jake Heggie's Moby-Dick

Live from the New York Met: Jake Heggie's operatic version of Herman Melville's epic novel, with Brandon Jovanovich as the implacable Captain Ahab. Karen Kamensek conducts.

Live from the New York Met: Jake Heggie's operatic version of Herman Melville's epic novel, with Brandon Jovanovich as the implacable Captain Ahab. Karen Kamensek conducts.

The whaling ship Paquod has been sailing for a week, but none of the crew have seen the captain, Ahab, since they left shore. When he does emerge he tells them of Moby-Dick, the white whale that took off one of his legs. This is the real reason they're sailing - to hunt down this one whale and destroy it, and nothing will stand in his way.

Presented from the Met by Debra Lew Harder with commentator Ira Siff.

Heggie: Moby-Dick

Captain Ahab ..... Brandon Jovanovich (tenor)
Greenhorn ..... Stephen Costello (tenor)
Starbuck .... Peter Mattei (baritone)
Queequeg ..... Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone)
Flask ..... William Burden (tenor)
Stubb ..... Malcom MacKenzie (baritone)
Pip ..... Janai Brugger (soprano)
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Karen Kamensek (conductor)

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3 hours, 28 minutes

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Next Saturday 18:00

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