Great Scott (opera)

{{Short description|Opera by Jake Heggie}} {{Infobox opera | name = Great Scott | composer = Jake Heggie | image = Jake Heggie 2015 low res.jpg | image_upright = | caption = Jake Heggie | librettist = Terrence McNally | based_on = | premiere_date = {{Start date|2015|10|30}} | premiere_location = Winspear Opera House, Dallas }} '''''Great Scott''''' is an opera composed in 2015, with music written by Jake Heggie to a libretto by Terrence McNally. This was the duo's first, full-length opera since the premiere of ''Dead Man Walking'' in 2000. It was one of three works commissioned by the Dallas Opera in 2015.<ref>[https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/the-dallas-opera-announces-commission-of-new-work-by-composer-mark-adamo-7087249 "The Dallas Opera Announces Commission of New Work by Composer Mark Adamo"] by Katie Womac, ''Dallas Observer'', November 15, 2013</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=''Great Scott'' (2015) |url=https://jakeheggie.com/great-scott-2015/ |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=Jake Heggie Composer & Pianist}}</ref>

In a production starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, ''Great Scott'' premiered at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Texas, on October 30, 2015.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Heggie-s-Great-Scott-an-unsatisfying-6602726.php |title= Heggie's ''Great Scott'' fumbles effort to team up opera, football | first= Joshua |last= Kosman | work= San Francisco Chronicle |access-date = March 31, 2020| date= October 31, 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://dallasopera.org/news/2015/10/02/world-premiere-of-great-scott/ "World Premiere of ''Great Scott''!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019011830/http://dallasopera.org/news/2015/10/02/world-premiere-of-great-scott/ |date=2015-10-19 }} by Celeste Hart, Dallas Opera, October 2, 2015</ref>

A West Coast premiere of ''Great Scott'' by the San Diego Opera opened on May 7, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sdopera.org/season/2015-16-season/great-scott |title=SD Opera: West Coast Premiere of ''Great Scott'' |access-date=2016-04-24 |archive-date=2021-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205060843/https://www.sdopera.org/season/2015-16-season/great-scott |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Roles == {| class="wikitable" |+{{sronly|Roles, premiere cast}} !Role !Premiere cast |- |Arden Scott |Joyce DiDonato |- |Tatyana Bakst |Ailyn Pérez |- |Winnie Flato |Frederica von Stade |- |Sid Taylor |Nathan Gunn |- |Roane Heckle |Anthony Roth Costanzo |- |Eric Gold |Kevin Burdette |- |Ghost of Vittorio Bazzetti |Kevin Burdette |- |Wendell Swann |Michael Mayes |- |Tommy Taylor |Mark Hancock |- |Anthony Candelino |Rodell Rosel |}

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160513045709/http://www.cincinnatiopera.org/opera-fusion-residency/ Cincinnati Opera workshop on ''Great Scott'' in November, 2014]

Category:Operas by Jake Heggie Category:Libretti by Terrence McNally Category:English-language operas Category:Operas set in the United States Category:2015 operas Category:Operas