by SOPHIE KERMAN With its latest offering of Werther by Jules Massenet, we start to see the trajectory of the Minnesota Opera‘s 2011-12 season. Having started the year with the user-friendly Cosí Fan Tutte and continued with the innovative Silent Night, the Opera now presents a completely different kind of audience experience. Werther, based on…
by SOPHIE KERMAN Twin Cities audiences might notice an interesting phenomenon this holiday season: two different productions of the same story. Both the Minnesota Opera‘s world premiere of Silent Night and the reprise of the Cantus/Latté Da/Hennepin Theatre Trust production of All is Calm stage the incredible Christmas Eve of 1914, when German, English and…
Want to see this phenomenal world premiere but feeling broke? The Minnesota Opera has kindly offered a special $20 ticket rate for our readers for the performance on Tuesday, November 15! Here’s the details: Limit up to 4 seats regularly priced $50- $110. Online: Enter blog20 and click “Add Coupon”. You will see your savings applied. Do…
by SOPHIE KERMAN The Minnesota Opera‘s world premiere production of Silent Night – opening this Saturday for a limited run at the Ordway – fights both an artistic and an ideological battle. First, it takes a stand for the continued relevance and importance of new opera. Second, it makes the case that some of the most effective anti-war arguments…
Our kind press contact at the Minnesota Opera has a special offer for the performance of Così Fan Tutte TOMORROW NIGHT, 9/27/11. If you call the ticket office or puchase online at www.mnopera.org, you can get any available seats for Tuesday night’s performance for only $20 using code blog20! This is an amazing opportunity to see world-class opera for…
by SOPHIE KERMAN With Così Fan Tutte, opening on Saturday for a five-day run, the Minnesota Opera throws down a gauntlet to anyone who thinks opera is stodgy, irrelevant or boring. Can you sit through Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‘s 1790 opera without cracking a smile – or bursting out in an explosion of giggles as two grown men roll…
by SOPHIE KERMAN and ANNA ROSENSWEIG With a subtitle like, “An edible opera touring to a community garden near you,” we didn’t necessarily expect to come away from a performance of Alcina’s Island: A Picnic Operetta wondering if it might just be the best thing we’ll see all season. Staged in gardens across the Twin…
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