A gruesome woman will pop out of a bathtub to scare audiences in Minnesota Opera’s “The Shining,” but this spring show could just as easily have featured a couple of cowpokes singing a duet around a ...

The term "opera" is not a 360-degree separation from other theatrical and musical entertainment. Once the only form of pop culture, opera was banned as risqué. In an about-face, around the gilded age, ...

Part of the catharsis of attending an opera is letting the tears flow when the music becomes particularly poignant. Some members of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra can relate: They confess to misting up ...

Chances are you have a pretty limited view of what "opera" is. That's understandable, since most of what's produced by major opera companies was written by a handful of 18th and 19th century European ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The MN Opera has unveiled plans for its 64th season, which will feature three operas, including a world premiere based on a ...

Marie is no ordinary canteen girl. Adopted and raised by a squadron of French soldiers and unaware of her aristocratic lineage, this spunky young woman falls for a handsome villager. But when her past ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 26—Minnesota Opera has announced the new name and opening date for the venue next to its main offices in Minneapolis' North ...

MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. The Musicians ...

Have you ever been to an opera and walked out humming the concept? Theoretically, it shouldn’t happen, for the main reason companies keep staging these old works is to keep their magnificent music in ...

The Minnesota Opera is closing out its 2016 – 2017 season with the classic story of "La Bohème." The opera, written by Giacomo Puccini in 1896, is one of the most performed operas of all time. Its ...

The new production of “The Barber of Seville” is from the Glimmerglass Festival, directed by Francesca Zambella of Glimmerglass and the Washington National Opera. Credit: Photo by Karli Cadel MinnPost ...