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Paul Elie on the Met’s new opera production of “Dead Man Walking,” based on Sister Helen Prejean’s book, at Sing Sing, which will be accompanied by a chorus of incarcerated men.
It’s rather surprising, really, for the audience to embrace a contemporary piece like DEAD MAN WALKING, no matter how easily it falls upon the ears, considering the subject matter. In this Ivo van Hove production, it starts with a rape and double murder in a rather graphic piece of film, the use of video being one of van Hove’s trademarks. It ends with a death by lethal injection, also graphically shown in live video.