Gene Scheer

Composer, Librettist, Songwriter

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Joyce Di Donato recital at the Palais Garner in Paris sings Heggie and Scheer’s INTO THE FIRE: CAMILLE CLAUDE Nov. 13 2016

  FROM THE NY TIMES: The life of the French sculptor Camille Claudel is a tangle of art, passion, madness and betrayal. A student and lover of Rodin’s, Claudel was a critically acclaimed artist when she began to show signs

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Voices from World War II sung by Jared Bybee at the George London Foundation Recital Series

FROM THE NEW YORK CLASSICAL REVIEW: Among the most intriguing items on Sunday’s program were Bybee’s selections from Gene Scheer’s Voices from World War II (1998). The baritone showed a deep connection to these powerful songs, particularly “The German U-Boat

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MOBY-DICK RETURNS TO THE DALLAS OPERA NOV 4th 2016!

FROM THE NY TIMES: Mr. Scheer’s libretto was an economical wonder, casting off Melville’s landlocked opening and stretches of minutiae regarding whales and whaling. What remained was a taut, two-act adventure yarn, bound by the relationships between Ahab and his

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Joyce Di Donato to sing Heggie and Scheer’s INTO THE FIRE: CAMILLE CLAUDEL Oct 5th at the Kennedy Center

FROM THE NY TIMES: The life of the French sculptor Camille Claudel is a tangle of art, passion, madness and betrayal. A student and lover of Rodin’s, Claudel was a critically acclaimed artist when she began to show signs of

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It’s a Wonderful Life to open at Houston Grand Opera on Dec 2nd!

No man is a failure who has friends. HGO’s holiday opera series continues with the world premiere of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s It’s a Wonderful Life. Made famous by the 1946 Frank Capra movie, this timeless tale follows a

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Cold Mountain wins the 2016 International Opera Award in London for Best World Premiere

Winner of the International Opera Award for Best World Premiere of 2016: Cold Mountain, an operatic adaption of Charles Frazier’s novel of the same name, by American composer and Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Higdon with a libretto by Gene Scheer//

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PBS National Memorial Day Concert — Featuring American Anthem
May 30, 2021 @ 8:00 PM

Denyce Graves sings Gene's "American Anthem" in this annual Memorial Day concert in Washington, D.C. The concert will air on local PBS channels and stream live on the PBS website.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly — World Premiere
March 5, 2021 - March 13, 2021
Dallas Opera, Dallas, TX

Experience a remarkable operatic journey inspired by the real Jean-Dominique Bauby’s memoir—a European bestseller that inspired an award-winning film at Cannes.

CD Launch: Intonations: Songs from the Violins of Hope
January 27, 2021

The CD launch has been scheduled to coincide with observance of the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.

Denyce Graves sings “American Anthem” honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg
September 25, 2020
National Statuary Hall, the Capitol, Washington, DC

Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves sang "American Anthem" by Gene Scheer as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in state in the Capitol's Statuary Hall, Washington, D.C.

If I Were You World Premiere at San Francisco Opera
August 1, 2019 - August 6, 2019
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA

Loosely based on the novel Si j’étais vous by the French-American writer Julien Green, If I Were You is a contemporary story of identity with echoes of classical literature, from Faust to Jekyll and Hyde.

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