Opera North - Dead Man Walking

Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally
Sat 20 Mar 2027 at 7:00PM
Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Main Auditorium
From Thu 14 May 2026 at 10:00AM
Sat 20 Mar 2027
7:00PM
From Thu 14 May 2026 at 10:00AM
  • Show times are subject to change and published where available. 

Priority Booking for Friends of ON: Tuesday 5 May at 10am

Members Pre-sale: Tuesday 5 May at 10am

General On-sale: Thursday 14 May at 10am

Tickets £23 to £81.50

Based on the memoir by Sister Helen Prejean, Dead Man Walking is one of the most widely acclaimed and frequently performed operas of the past 25 years.

Imprisoned for a horrific double murder, Joseph De Rocher asks Sister Helen for spiritual guidance as he awaits execution on Death Row. Despite the misgivings of the sisters of her mission and members of the prison staff, Helen agrees to his request. Caught between the pain and grief of De Rocher’s family and the families of his victims, Helen attempts to lead De Rocher to a confession of his terrible crimes, whatever the emotional cost to herself.

With a libretto by acclaimed playwright Terrence McNally set to Jake Heggie’s deeply affecting score, Dead Man Walking is an intensely powerful work that explores the limits of compassion, faith and forgiveness.

This is a co-production with English National Opera and Finnish National Opera.

Age Guidance: 18+

Running time: 3 hours, including an interval, Doors: 6.00pm

Pre-Show Talk: Sat 20 Mar, 6.00pm – 6.30pm in the Nelsons Studio

Contains adult themes including depictions of rape, murder, violence, execution by lethal injection and intense grief.

Sung in English with English subtitles

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