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[[File:Minnesota Opera (126153375).jpg|thumb|Minnesota Opera]]
'''Minnesota Opera''' is a performance organization based in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]].  It was founded as the '''Center Opera Company''' in 1963 by the [[Walker Art Center]], and is known for premiering such diverse works as ''[[Where the Wild Things Are (opera)|Where the Wild Things Are]]'' by [[Oliver Knussen]] (based on the children's novel by [[Maurice Sendak]]) and ''[[Frankenstein (opera)|Frankenstein]]'' by [[Libby Larsen]].  Its latest commissioned piece and world premiere, ''[[The Fix (opera)|The Fix]]'' &ndash; based on the story of “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, the Chicago White Sox, and their attempt to fix the world series. with music by [[Joel Puckett]] and libretto by [[Eric Simonson]] &ndash; was presented in February 2019. The President and General Director is Ryan Taylor, and the Artistic Director is Dale Johnson.<ref name="staff">((cite web|access-date=2018-07-02|title=Staff & Board of Directors|url=https://mnopera.org/about/staff-and-board/|website=Minnesota Opera))</ref><ref>((cite news|access-date=2018-07-02|title=Meet Ryan Taylor, Minnesota Opera's 'new quarterback'|url=https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2016/09/meet-ryan-taylor-minnesota-operas-new-quarterback|newspaper=MinnPost))</ref>

A number of operas have also received their American premieres at the Minnesota Opera, including ''[[The Handmaid's Tale (opera)|The Handmaid's Tale]]'', ''[[Postcard from Morocco]]'', ''[[Armida (Rossini)|Armida]]'', ''The Elephant Man'', and ''[[The Fortunes of King Croesus]]''.  The American premiere of [[Jonathan Dove]]'s ''Pinocchio'' was presented in February 2009.

Minnesota Opera's season typically runs from September through April, with five productions per season and five to eight performances of each production.  Performances are given at the [[Ordway Center for the Performing Arts]] in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]].  According to [[OPERA America]], the company is the 13th largest opera company in the United States.

==Non-standard repertoire==
While much from the standard repertoire is performed, the company has distinguished itself with productions of some unusual and rare operas in the last decade.

These include ''[[The Pearl Fishers]]''; ''[[Casanova's Homecoming]]'' by [[Dominick Argento|Argento]]; and ''[[Roberto Devereux]]'' by [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti]] during the 2009/10 season; ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio (opera)|Pinocchio]]'' by [[Jonathan Dove|Dove]] in the 2008/09 season; ''[[The Fortunes of King Croesus]]'' ([[Reinhard Keiser|Keiser]]) and ''[[Rusalka (opera)|Rusalka]]'' in 2007/08; Rossini's ''[[La donna del lago]]'' and  [[Jacques Offenbach|Offenbach]]'s ''[[The Tales of Hoffmann]]''. ''[[The Grapes of Wrath (opera)|The Grapes of Wrath]]'' by [[Ricky Ian Gordon]] was given its world premiere in the 2006/07 season after being commissioned by the company. [[Léo Delibes]]'s ''[[Lakmé]]'' appeared during that season as well.

The 2005/06 season saw several American premieres, including ''[[Orazi e Curiazi]]'' by [[Saverio Mercadante]] and ''Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man'' (Petitgirard). In 2004/05 season, the company  presented Donizetti's ''[[Maria Padilla]]'' and ''[[Nixon in China (opera)|Nixon in China]]'' by [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]]. Donizetti's ''[[Lucrezia Borgia (opera)|Lucrezia Borgia]]'' and ''[[Passion (musical)|Passion]]'' by [[Stephen Sondheim]] appeared in 2003/04 while the previous season saw 
another American premiere, [[The Handmaid's Tale (opera)|The Handmaid's Tale]] by [[Poul Ruders]]. In 2001/02 Mozart's ''[[La clemenza di Tito]]'' and [[Mark Adamo]]'s ''[[Little Women (opera)|Little Women]]'' provided a contrast. Early in the decade, [[Vincenzo Bellini]]'s 
''[[I Capuleti e i Montecchi|The Capulets and the Montagues]]'' and [[Kurt Weill]]'s
''[[Street Scene (opera)|Street Scene]]'' were highlights of the 2000/01 season.

In 2011, [[Bernard Herrmann]]'s sole opera ''[[Wuthering Heights (Herrmann)|Wuthering Heights]]'' was presented.  The full opera has yet to receive a staging, as the official world premiere by [[Portland Opera]] in 1982 was abridged by some 30 minutes.

In 2011, Minnesota Opera produced ''Silent Night'' by composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell, an MN Opera commission that won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Music. In 2013, Minnesota Opera commissioned the opera ''Doubt'' by composer Douglas J. Cuomo and librettist [[John Patrick Shanley]].

In March 2015, the company gave the premiere performance of [[Kevin Puts]]' opera ''The Manchurian Candidate'' (based on [[Richard Condon]]'s [[The Manchurian Candidate|novel]], with libretto by Mark Campbell).<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.mnopera.org/season/2014-2015/the-manchurian-candidate/ |title=The Manchurian Candidate &#124; Minnesota Opera |work=mnopera.org |year=2014 |access-date=September 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915093704/http://www.mnopera.org/season/2014-2015/the-manchurian-candidate/ |archive-date=September 15, 2014 |url-status=dead ))</ref>

In May 2016, Minnesota Opera produced ''The Shining'', a newly commissioned American opera in two acts with music by composer [[Paul Moravec]] and a [[libretto]] by [[Mark Campbell (librettist)|Mark Campbell]], based on [[The Shining (novel)|the novel]] by [[Stephen King]]. It is part of the 'New Works Initiative' of Minnesota Opera.
 
A complete list of earlier seasons' productions appears on the company's web site<ref>[http://www.mnopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/1-29-2016-Minnesota-Opera-Repertoire.pdf Past repertoire on mnopera.org (PDF)] Retrieved 22 February 2016</ref>

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.mnopera.org/ Minnesota Opera]
*[http://www.ordway.org/ Ordway Center]
*[https://twincitiesarts.com/2017/10/29/feature-the-opera-lovers-guide-to-minnesota/ The Opera Lover's Guide to Minnesota]

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