Great Scott (opera)

Great Scott
Opera by Jake Heggie
Jake Heggie
LibrettistTerrence McNally
Premiere
October 30, 2015 (2015-10-30)

Great Scott is an opera composed in 2015, with music written by Jake Heggie to a libretto by Terrence McNally. This was the duo's first, full-length opera since the premiere of Dead Man Walking in 2000. It was one of three works commissioned by the Dallas Opera in 2015.

In a production starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, Great Scott premiered at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Texas, on October 30, 2015.

A West Coast premiere of Great Scott by the San Diego Opera opened on May 7, 2016.