Dead Man Walking: Sister Helen Prejean, Joyce DiDonato, Ryan McKinny, Shamil Idriss | LIVE from NYPL

An evening of performance and conversation explores the Met Opera’s highly anticipated premiere of Dead Man Walking, as well as the memoir, and the woman, that inspired it. For event details, speaker bios and more, visit www.nypl.org/e...
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In September the Met Opera will premiere a haunting new Ivo van Hove production of Dead Man Walking, which is the most widely performed new opera of the past two decades. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s groundbreaking memoir of the same name, it is the story of Prejean’s fight for the soul of a condemned murderer. At the Library, two of the show’s stars, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato (Sister Helen) and bass-baritone Ryan McKinny (Joseph de Rocher), will deliver a short performance from the opera and then join Sister Helen Prejean in conversation to discuss the new production and Prejean’s unswerving commitment to fighting the death penalty. They’ll speak with Shamil Idriss, the Chief Executive Officer of Search for Common Ground.
Presented in partnership with the Metropolitan Opera and Search for Common Ground.
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