Review: "Dead Man" is wrenching music drama in first full area staging
By John von Rhein, the Chicago Tribune
"A taut, polished staging by NU Bienen School of Music director of opera Michael M. Ehrman brought Heggie's emotionally charged music drama to pulsating life at the performance I attended Sunday afternoon at Cahn Auditorium in Evanston. Terrific performances in leading roles by gifted master's students from the Bienen school voice program sent me to the program book to make sure I wasn't hearing experienced professional singers."
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Northwestern University Opera Theater's production of "Dead Man Walking" repeats at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, February 26 and 28, at Cahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson St., Evanston; $18, $8 students; 847-467-4000, pickstaiger.org.