Mario Ritter tells us more. The Dallas Opera in Texas and four other opera companies hired American composer Jake Heggie to write the opera "Moby Dick."

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This character has a wooden peg to replace the leg destroyed by Moby Dick.

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Like the book, the opera "Moby Dick" begins quietly.

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"Moby Dick" will be performed in Australia next year.

VOA: special.2010.06.11