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Celebrating 60 years of expanding the art form, nurturing artists and enriching audiences. We would like to acknowledge that Minnesota Opera is located on Dakota land. We encourage you to join us in learning about the indigenous people where you are and reflecting on their past, present, and future.

Join MN Opera and Black Garnet Books for the Music and Liberation Book Club!Together, we'll explore the history, politic...
06/10/2026

Join MN Opera and Black Garnet Books for the Music and Liberation Book Club!

Together, we'll explore the history, politics, and liberatory legacies of Black music. Challenging the sonic color line that often defines genre, this event explores the power of music to either reproduce or destabilize violent categories of race, gender, ability, sexuality, and class.

Details:
Led by Civic Engagement and Audience Development Manager Dr. Allison Lewis
🗓️ Third Sundays of the month, June through September
📍 Black Garnet Bookstore
📚 Swipe to see this summer's book lineup!

Learn more at mnopera.org/impact/music-and-liberation-book-club/

A heartfelt thank you to our 2025-2026 Resident Artists: Fumiyasu Kawase, Kylie Kreucher, John Mburu, Kara Morgan, Ángel...
06/03/2026

A heartfelt thank you to our 2025-2026 Resident Artists: Fumiyasu Kawase, Kylie Kreucher, John Mburu, Kara Morgan, Ángel Vargas, and David Wolfe.

Throughout the year, these artists shared their talent, dedication, and artistry with our audiences and community. We are grateful for their contributions to MN Opera and proud of all they have accomplished.

Please join us in congratulating this remarkable group on a successful season! We look forward to seeing what comes next for this talented group, and are delighted to welcome back John Mburu and Ángel Vargas next season.

Join us this weekend for NOOMA: an opera for babies! 🎶The production, performed annually at the Flint Hills Family Festi...
05/28/2026

Join us this weekend for NOOMA: an opera for babies! 🎶

The production, performed annually at the Flint Hills Family Festival, invites audiences into an expanding and contracting world, immersing them in parachutes’ movements, and inviting them to explore the physical and metaphorical possibilities of breath. This work is co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, San Francisco Opera, and MN Opera.

Event details:
🗓 Various time slots, May 29-30
📍Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
All ages welcome; recommended especially for children ages 0–2 years old.

Tickets and details at ordway.org/festival

Looking back at the first listen of the orchestra workshop for "The Many Deaths of Laila Starr," composed by Kamala Sank...
05/27/2026

Looking back at the first listen of the orchestra workshop for "The Many Deaths of Laila Starr," composed by Kamala Sankaram with a libretto by Minita Gandhi. ✨

The final orchestral workshop is a major milestone in the life of a new opera, bringing together the full orchestra, cast, and chorus for the first time. It’s a chance for the creative team to hear the work in its full form and make final refinements as the opera comes to life.

Commissioned and developed through MN Opera’s New Works Initiative and adapted from the acclaimed graphic novel by Ram V and Filipe Andrade, "The Many Deaths of Laila Starr" premieres this fall, opening the 2026–2027 season!

Learn more about the production at mnopera.org

📸 Photos by Tim Evans

That’s a wrap on "Pagliacci" 🎭Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Ordway for this incredible run, and congratulat...
05/18/2026

That’s a wrap on "Pagliacci" 🎭

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Ordway for this incredible run, and congratulations to the extraordinary company who brought this gripping story to life.

What a way to close the 2025-2026 season. ❤️

Photos by Cory Weaver Photographer

Closing weekend is here for “Pagliacci” 🎭The show must go on, but how? For Canio and his traveling troupe, painted smile...
05/16/2026

Closing weekend is here for “Pagliacci” 🎭

The show must go on, but how? For Canio and his traveling troupe, painted smiles and colorful costumes belie infidelity and betrayal. As the line between performance and reality blurs and the drama onstage begins to mirror the turmoil offstage, “Pagliacci” begs the question, does art imitate life, or does life imitate art?

Catch the final performances: Saturday, May 16 at 7:30PM and Sunday, May 17 at 2PM. Tickets and details at mnopera.org/pagliacci 🎟

Photos by Cory Weaver Photographer

05/15/2026

Go backstage with supernumerary Hannah Celine Benditt as she transforms into Capitano! 🎭✨

Shoutout to makeup artist Alisa, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer Priscilla Bruce, and the MN Opera Costume Shop for the incredible artistry behind the scenes.

Don’t miss “Pagliacci” this closing weekend, May 16 and 17 at the Ordway! Tickets and details at mnopera.org/pagliacci

05/14/2026

A moment from “So ben che difforme, contorto son io” from “Pagliacci” performed by Reginald Smith, Jr., Baritone as Tonio.

Don't miss the final three performances at the Ordway, May 14, 16, and 17. 🎟️ Tickets and details at mnopera.org/pagliacci

Cover photo by Cory Weaver Photographer

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