First Person: Kerem Hasan on the transformative experience of conducting Jake Heggie's 'Dead Man Walking'

Conducting "Dead Man Walking": A Transformative Experience

Kerem Hasan shares his experience of conducting Jake Heggie's "Dead Man Walking".

In the second act of Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally's opera, a devastating scene unfolds as Joseph De Rocher, a man condemned to death, has a final, inconsolable goodbye with his mother, accompanied by his spiritual advisor Sister Helen Prejean, before his impending execution.

A final, inconsolable goodbye before De Rocher is processed for his impending execution.

Author's summary: Kerem Hasan conducts "Dead Man Walking".

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The Arts Desk The Arts Desk — 2025-11-04

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