A scene from Arizona Opera's 2015 production of Don Pasquale. The same production design will be used in Minnesota Opera's upcoming production of the same opera. Photo by Ed Flores. For an opera that people thought was going to be a failure, Don Pasquale (1843) certainly has done very well for itself. Today,
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EDITORIAL: On Lists and Awards
A double photo collage of every show image from the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Some trivia: the decision to found the Twin Cities Arts Reader was made during the 2015 Minnesota Fringe Festival. It's only natural, then, that the festival was very much on the core leadership team's minds as we brainstormed about
Fringe File 2017, #5: The Money
Our popular Fringe File series on the Minnesota Fringe Festival returns. Pictured: Max Wojtanowicz in a promotional photo for MN Fringe 2016's Ball: A Tribute to My Lost Testicle. A Fringe show may begin with the first glimmer of an idea or the drawing of its number, but its first incarnation ends with the money.
PREVIEW: National Puppetry Festival
Mousetrap Puppets' Punch and Judy features the classic comedy characters. Mousetrap Puppets' show and another Punch and Judy by Parasol Puppets play are free Saturday events, playing at 1:15 PM and 2:45 PM. This week features pageantry and puppets all week long at the National Puppetry Festival 2017 being held at Concordia University in St.
PHOTOS: A Mill City Summer Opera Retrospective
Eric Morris as Beppe, Jill Gardner as Nedda, Richard Crawley as Canio, and Andrew Wilkowske as Tonio in the Mill City Summer Opera's inaugural 2012 production of Pagliacci at the Mill City Ruins. Mill City Summer Opera's latest summer extravaganza, María de Buenos Aires, is currently playing at The Machine Factory while
THE CURMUDGEON: Vol. 5 – The Five Sins of Publicity Photos
PREVIEW: Steamy Accordion Tango in María de Buenos Aires (Mill City Summer Opera)
INTERVIEW: Venessa Fuentes and Dameun Strange on Mother King
THE CURMUDGEON: Vol. 4 – Lack of BCC
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