Lyric Opera 2019-2020 Issue 4 Dead Man Walking

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 16 Dead Man Walking at the Teatro Real de Madrid, 2018. A troubled young man, Joseph De Rocher, commits a horrific crime and awaits his fate on death row. A compassionate nun, Sister Helen Prejean, guides him through his own desperately conflicted spiritual journey. In the process, Sister Helen finds herself experiencing her own turbulent crisis of faith. Widely acknowledged as one of the most riveting operas of the 21st century – this is Dead Man Walking . Javier Del Real/Teatro Real Madrid