First a best-selling book, then a major film which starred Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, Sister Helen Prejean's true story of murder, redemption and execution is now an unforgettable opera, with an inspired score by Jake Heggie and a moving libretto by Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally. The San Francisco world premiere, internationally praised by critics, was the most successful new opera in the company's 76-year history.

Opera Pacific Artistic Director John DeMain conducts a cast that includes several of the original cast members, including the incomparable Frederica von Stade in her long-awaited Opera Pacific debut, Kristin Jepson as Sister Helen, and John Packard as the convict DeRocher.