Dave Mepham:

>One release that's coming out soon in the UK is an opera Dead Man Walking
>by (I think) Heggie.  I'm not familiar with his works, but this certainly
>has the right (San Franciscian) pedigree and a promising cast.  Can you
>shed any more light on this work?

Heggie has written some very fine songs.  I've not heard the opera, but it
got, as they say, mixed reviews.

Steve Schwartz