Gene Scheer

Composer, Librettist, Songwriter

World Premiere Review: Jake Heggie’s Faustian Fantasy “If I Were You” – Merola Opera Program, San Francisco, August 1, 2019

I recommend the opera and the world premiere cast enthusiastically, with special note of Jake Heggie’s beautifully composed orchestral and vocal score and Gene Scheer’s intelligently conceived libretto. William Burnett, Opera Warhorses

Aug 03, 2019

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly — World Premiere
November 3, 2023 - November 11, 2023
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.

Intelligence — World Premiere
October 20, 2023 - November 3, 2023
Houston Grand Opera, Houston, TX

Shared through a fusion of music, words, and dance, this new American epic is the creation of a powerhouse trio: composer Jake Heggie, librettist Gene Scheer, and director/choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar.

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.

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.