Grammy-winning tenor Jay Hunter Morris plays the role of Captain Ahab in Herman Melville's epic tale of a fierce, obsessive whaling-boat captain who descends into madness in this thrilling production from San Francisco Opera.
The European premiere of the opera by the contemporary American composer John Adams, with libretto by Peter Sellars, in a co-production of the San Francisco Opera (where the work premiered), the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and De Nederlandse Opera. The plot focuses on the great stress and anxiety...