Jake Heggie

Jake Heggie is the American composer of ten full-length operas, including Dead Man Walkingand Great Scott with librettos by Terrence McNally; Moby-Dick, Three Decembers, It’s a Wonderful Life, Intelligence, If I Were You, and Two Remain with librettos by Gene Scheer; and numerous one-acts. He has also composed nearly 300 art songs, as well as chamber, choral, and orchestral works. Heggie is proud to serve as the Diane B. Wilsey Distinguished Professor of Composition at San Francisco Conservatory of Music.