Heggie and Scheer's Moby-Dick Diana M. Ruggiero combining vernacular language of the

combining vernacular language of the Arabian Peninsula with archaic vocabulary and images dating to Arabic poetry's very origins

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Heggie and Scheer's Moby-Dick Diana M. Ruggiero combining vernacular language of theJake Heggie and Gene Scheer's grand opera Moby Dick was a stunning success in the world premiere production by the Dallas Opera in 2010. Robert K. Wallace attended the final performance of the Dallas production and has written this book so readers can experience the process by which this contemporary masterpiece was created and performed on stage. Interviews with the creative team and draft revisions of the libretto and score show the opera in the