*Please note: this performance is currently waitlist only. Cantus weaves together three holiday stories with time-honored carols and new classics. Blending narration and song, the program features Margery Williams’ The Velveteen Rabbit and The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg alongside an abridged romp through Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. Three Tales of Christmas offers an opportunity to reflect on the meaning and joy of...
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*Please note: this performance is currently waitlist only. Inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original tale, Loyce Houlton’s Nutcracker Fantasy begins at a holiday party and unfolds through the eyes of young Marie as her enigmatic Godfather Drosselmayer weaves a magical dream adventure through the Land of Snow and the Kingdom of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Set to Tchaikovsky’s iconic score,...
*Please note: this performance is currently waitlist only. A dance-filled family portrait It’s 1959, and the musical West Side Story has captured the hearts of America, including the tight-knit Candelaria family who dreams of making it big in show business: the siblings take acting and dance lessons, mother Inez works as an usher and father...
*Please note: this performance is currently waitlist only. A dance-filled family portrait It’s 1959, and the musical West Side Story has captured the hearts of America, including the tight-knit Candelaria family who dreams of making it big in show business: the siblings take acting and dance lessons, mother Inez works as an usher and father...
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Physics Force
*Please note: this performance is currently waitlist only. Physics Force is back with exhilarating new shows in Jan 2026! These theater productions feature big demos that always deliver the fun and wow factor of science! With physicists dropping from the air, barrels imploding from the power of atmospheric pressure, and Northrop’s historic pipe organ showing the...
*Please note: this performance has been canceled by the venue. We will be in contact with those who had tickets. Clamor no more, the “Trocks” are back! “The World’s Foremost Gender-Skewering Comic Ballet Company”—famed for performing polished parodies of classical ballet en pointe and en travesti—continues its quest for global adoration after more than 50 fantastic years of artistic...
Who was Florence Price, beyond the music? Prolific American composer Florence Price made history as the first Black woman to have a symphony performed by a major U.S. orchestra. My Name is Florence, a world premiere from MN Opera’s New Works Initiative, was inspired by writings and correspondence unearthed in the backyard of her family...
A chilling tale of ambition When three witches utter a surprising incantation — “All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter” — a soldier and nobleman’s course is forever altered. Macbeth and his ambitious wife seek to kill King Duncan and usurp the throne. The pair is successful, but their satisfaction is fleeting, and the two embark...
A chilling tale of ambition When three witches utter a surprising incantation — “All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter” — a soldier and nobleman’s course is forever altered. Macbeth and his ambitious wife seek to kill King Duncan and usurp the throne. The pair is successful, but their satisfaction is fleeting, and the two embark...