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Author: Amy Donahue

Amy Donahue is a staff reviewer at the Twin Cities Arts Reader. She interned with the magazine during the summer of 2017, served as a guest contributor while studying abroad in Europe that fall, and has moved up to regular old reviewing. She served as interim Editor-in-Chief in 2023. She admits to being at least 50% terrified of contemporary German opera.

PREVIEW: Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus – Icicle Tour

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A promotional image for the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus's Out Of The Closet & Into The Burbs tour. The Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus (TCGMC) is hitting the road later this month, on a mission of “building community through music”. This late winter tour is specifically designed to bring TCGMC

PREVIEW: Life of Pi (Hennepin Arts)

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Pictured: Taha Mandviwala, Toussaint Jeanlouis, Shiloh Goodin, Anna Leigh Gortner, Sinclair Mitchell, Rishi Jaiswal, and Betsy Rosen, bringing to life a scene in the play Life of Pi, which opens March 4 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade. Life of Pi is a best-selling novel, a

NEWS: Innovations in Violin Recording

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The Digitaize String Module, an innovative product for string instrument recording and performance that launched today at the NAMM industry show. Queen's legendary recording of "Bohemian Rhapsody" was famously multi-tracked, with more than a hundred separately layered audio channels layered in some sections. This meticulous studio work – often involving individually

FEATURE: An Engine for New Opera

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Mezzo-soprano and composer Lisa Neher (left), pianist Jodi Goble (center), and soprano Maggie Burr (right) rehearse music from the forthcoming opera murder mystery Kitchen/Wedding/Murder at the Mindekirken in Minneapolis, MN. The church sanctuary features an altarpiece by August Klagstad in the background. In October 2022, the Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church in

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