UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

Photo by Leslie Mick Crane

  • September 13th, 2024 7:00pm: A Song Cycle - Sanctuary by Nigerian composer Ishaya Yarison with pianist Valerie Henning, Fridays in the Valley

    Valley Community Church | 3100 Lilac Drive N, Golden Valley, MN 55422

  • February 7th, 2025 Noon: Songs for Soprano and Guitar with Joseph Hagedorn, Frances Cohler Coffee Concert Series

    University of Wisconsin River Falls, Kleinpell Fine Arts Abbott Hall

Recent Performances

  • April 19th-21st, 2024: Cio-cio-san in Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini with Tacoma Opera, Tacoma WA

  • May 10th, 2024: Florencia Grimaldi in Florencia en el Amazonas by Daniel Catan with Opera Reading Project, Minneapolis, MN

  • May 19th, 2024: Harukaze Festival with Japan America Society of Minnesota, Sundin Hall at Hamline University

  • June 12-22nd, 2024: Faculty at Holden Village in Holden, WA

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  • July 18th - September 12th, 2021: The Pickup Truck Opera; Volume 1: The Odessey at various outdoor locations

    Mythic monsters, enchanting sirens, and a flesh-eating cyclops. All this epic action packed onto a pickup truck! This adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, uses selections from Monteverdi’s 1639 opera, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland), told with the spirit of a country carnival. Our production features a musical mix of baroque melodies and Dolly Parton tunes. The Pickup Truck Opera is family-friendly fun for all ages. http://mixedprecipitation.org/about-the-pickup-truck-opera/

    Scotty Reynolds - Producing Artistic Director | Co-Director

    Jacob (Jäc) Miller - Co-Director

    Gary Ruschman - Music Director

    Momoko Tanno - Penelope, Queen of Ithaca | Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom | Helen of Troy

    • Sunday, July 18th, 2:00 pm (Preview) Women’s Environmental Institute | 15715 River Rd, North Branch, MN 55056

    • Saturday, July 31st, 2:00 pm Early Frost Farm | 7273 Palo Tia Road, Embarrass, MN 55732

    • Friday, August 6th, 6:30 pm Dream Acres Farm | 17289 County Road 8, Wykoff, MN, 55990

    • Sunday, August 8th, 2:30 pm Squash Blossom Farm | 7499 60th Avenue NE, Oronoco, MN 55960

    • Saturday, August 14th, 2:00 pm East Mayo Park (Memorial Park) | 301 6th Avenue SE, Rochester MN 55904

      Presented by the Rochester Arts Center

    • Sunday, August 15th, 6:00 pm Caponi Art Park | 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan MN 55123

    • Wednesday, August 18th, 7:00 pm City Park Bandshell | 1355 Washington Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
      Presented by the Historic Holmes Theater

    • Friday, August 20th, 7:00 pm Dodge Nature Center, Farm Education Center | 1701 Charlton Avenue, West St. Paul MN 55118

    • Thursday, August 26th, 6:30 pm ASL Interpreted | Central Park Bandshell | 430 2nd Avenue NW, Faribault, MN 55021
      Presented by City of Faribault and Paradise Center for the Arts and made possible by grants from the Faribault Foundation and programming sponsor, Crossroads Professionals

    • Friday, August 27th, 7:00 pm Tony Schmidt Park | 3500 Lake Johanna Blvd, Arden Hills, MN 55112

    • Saturday, August 28th, 2:00 pm Oak Hill Park | 3201 Rhode Island Ave S, St Louis Park, MN 55426
      This performance was made possible thanks to a grant from the St. Louis Park Arts & Culture Grant fund.

    • Sunday, August 29th, 3:00 pm Cedar Lake East Beach, “Hidden Beach” | 2000 S Upton Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55405
      Presented by the Kenwood Neighborhood Association Hidden Acoustics

    • Saturday, September 4th, 2:00 pm ASL Interpreted | Alexis Bailly Vineyard, | 18200 Kirby Ave. Hastings, MN 55033

    • Sunday, September 5th, 2:00 pm Alexis Bailly Vineyard, | 18200 Kirby Ave. Hastings, MN 55033