Mine is a charmed life…I am blessed to be surrounded by boundless talent and beauty. There is no separation between my personal and professional life because my love for opera and art is so deep. I am lucky to be working a dream job in the industry I most passionate about (as Communications and PR Manager for Minnesota Opera)…where, daily, my heart, head, eyes and ears are fed.
I long ago embark on this journey of an artful existence…beyond opera and into all the wonderful cultural experiences our world holds. I invite you casual readers to travel the path with me, and I hope you enjoy the ride as much as I will.
Following is the master list, updated weekly. Past Engagments immediately follow and are linked to their post (the ones not yet linked will be caught up with as time allows).
Scroll down to Future Engagments to see what’s coming up next.
PAST ENGAGEMENTS:
- May 3 – National Lutheran Choir: Hymn Festival Jesus Christ: Yesterday, Today, Forever
- May 4 – Ordway: Pilobolus (Theoroi)
- May 7 – Ordway: Cole Porter’s Anything Goes
- May 9 – MN HF 1054 Freedom to Marry Bill Vote at the Minnesota State Capitol
- May 9 – SPCO: Steven Isserlis Plays Schumann’s Cello Concerto
- May 10 – U of M Campus Singers Maroon, Mosaic and University Men’s Chorus: Orff’s Carmina burana
- May 11 – Birthday: Jamie Nieman’s at Butcher and the Boar
- May 12 – Mother’s Day 2013 with the Scott Family
- May 13 – MN SF 925 Freedome to Marry Bill Vote at the Minnesota State Capitol
- May 14 – Gov. Mark Dayton signs the Freedome to Marry Bill at the Minnesota State Capitol
- May 15 – Birthday: Rodolfo Nieto’s “Birthday Celebrations!” at Marvel Bar
- May 17 – History Theatre: Nancy Harrow’s This Side of Paradise
- May 18 – Ordway: Sing-a-long Sound of Music
- May 18 – Metropolitan Symphony/Minnesota Chorale: Beethoven Plus! with Dvorak’s Te Deum and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at Roseville Lutheran Church
- May 19 – Gethsemane Choir: Pentecost Sunday (Final Service) at Gethsemane Episcopal Church
- May 19 – Mary Zillmann: Art-A-Whirl in Nordeast Minneapolis
- May 19 – Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra/Minnesota Chorale: Beethoven Plus! with Dvorak’s Te Deum and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at Southview Edina Middle School
- May 22 – The Kings of Summer Preview Screening
- May 23 – Minnesota Opera Junior Staff Meeting at Psycho Susie’s
- May 23 – Edie Ruth Stenglein: Spring Recital at Friends School of Minnesota
- May 24-27 – IML 2013 in Chicago
- May 29 – OUT Twin Cities Film Festival: Opening Night Event at The Graves
- May 30 – The Walker Art Museum: The Museum of Non Participation: The New Deal
- May 30 – The Walker Art Museum: Painter Painter
- May 30 – The Walker Art Museum: The Living Years: Art after 1989
- May 30 – The Walker Art Museum: Midnight Party
- May 31 – MPR’s Wits: Colin Hanks with Jason Isbell
- June 1 – Rebecca Jean Lawrence Photography: We Did It! Opening Reception at Coffee Grounds
- June 1 – OUT Twin Cities Film Festival: Angels of Sex
- June 1 – SPCO: American Modernists with Dawn Upshaw (Theoroi)
- June 1 – OUT Twin Cities Film Festival: The Main
- June 2 – OUT Twin Cities Film Festival: Valentine Road
FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS
JUN
June 5 – Edie Ruth Stenglein: Mississippi Parent Night at Friends School of Minnesota
June 6 – SPCO: Beethoven and Berlioz with Isabel Leonard
May 7-8? – Chicago History Museum: Vivian Maier’s Chicago
May 7-8? – Chicago History Museum: Shalom Chicago
May 7-8? – Chicago History Museum: Lincoln’s Chicago
May 7-8? – Chicago History Museum: Inspiring Beauty – 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair
May 7-8? – Art Institute of Chicago: They Seek a City: Chicago and the Art of Migration, 1910–1950
May 7-8? – Art Institute of Chicago: Kara Walker: Rise Up Ye Mighty Race!
May 7-8? – Art Institute of Chicago: Sharing Space: Creative Intersections in Architecture and Design
May 7-8? – Art Institute of Chicago: Late Roman and Early Byzantine Treasures from the British Museum
May 7-8? – Art Institute of Chicago: The Artist and the Poet
May 7-8? – Art Institute of Chicago: Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art
June 10 – Twin Cities American Guild of Organists: Boat Trip
June 14 – Grant Park Music Festival: Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky at Millenium Park
June 15 – Wedding: Laura Wurz and Richard Rubio at St. Gregory the Great Church, Chicago
June 18 – Minnesota Opera Year End Celebration
June 18 – Project 515: The 515 Awards at The Lab Theater
June 19 – General Mills Pride Event
June 21 – Twin Cities Pride: Grand Marshal Reception and Art Exhibition at Aloft Hotel
June 23 – Twin Cities Pride: Pride Picnic at Como Park
June 25 – The Jungle Theatre: Mark Hoffman and Greg Kotis’ Urinetown: The Musical
June 28 – The Beer Dabbler at Loring Park
June 28 – Uptown Pride Block Party at Bryant Lake Bowl
June 29-30 – Twin Cities Pride: 2013 Festival at Loring Park
June 29 – Twin Cities Pride: Pride in Concert – The New Standards, L’Assasins, Neon Hitch and Nina Sky at Loring Park
June 30 – Twin Cities Pride: 2013 Ashley Rukes GLBT Pride Parade
JUL
July 3 – 2013 July 3rd Celebration at Ginger Cove, NE
July 5? – Des Moines Metro Opera: Britten’s Peter Grimes
July 6? – Des Moines Metro Opera: Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet
July 7? – Des Moines Metro Opera: Strauss’ Elektra
July 13 – 6th Annual Booze and Bikinis
July 18 – Lyngblomsten Mid-Summer Festival
July 19-21 – Feeney Fest 2013
July 26 – Santa Fe Opera: Rossini’s La Donna del Lago
July 27 – Santa Fe Opera: World Premiere of Morrison’s Oscar
July 28 – Colorado Music Festival: Bach to the Future – Bach, Moravec, Wagner and Mexwell-Davies in Boulder, CO
July 30 – Santa Fe Opera: Offenbach’s The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein
AUG
Aug 1-11 – 20th Annual Minnesota Fringe Festival
Aug 1- Santa Fe Opera: Rossini’s La Donna del Lago
Aug 3 – Santa Fe Opera: Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro
Aug 4? – Santa Fe Opera: Christine Brewer Recital
Aug 4? – Matthew Worth Recital
Aug 9-10 – 2013 Northalsted Market Days
Aug 9/10 – Grant Park Music Festival: Schubert Mass in E Flat at Millenium Park
SEPT
Sept 7 – The Cowles Center: Raze the Barre
Sept 21 – Minnesota Opera Opening Night Gala and Puccini’s Manon Lescaut
Sept 24 – The Jungle Theatre: Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love
Sept 24 – Minnesota Opera: Puccini’s Manon Lescaut
Sept 26 – Minnesota Opera: Puccini’s Manon Lescaut
Sept 28 – Wedding: Elizabeth Scott and James Houston in Seattle, WA
OCT
Oct 4 – Lyric Opera of Chicago Opening Night Gala and Verdi’s Otello
Oct 10-12 – InterPride Conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
NOV
Nov 9 – Minnesota Opera: Strauss’ Arabella
Nov 12 – Minnesota Opera: Strauss’ Arabella
Nov 14 – Minnesota Opera: Strauss’ Arabella
Nov 16 – Minnesota Opera: Strauss’ Arabella
Nov 17 – Minnesota Opera: Strauss’ Arabella
Nov 22 – Lyric Opera of Chicago: Wagner’s Parsifal
Nov 23 – Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 9
Nov 26 – The Jungle Theatre: Alfred Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy
Nov 28 – 2013 Thanksgiving at the Treehouse
Nov 29 – Lyric Opera of Chicago: Wagner’s Parsifal
Nov 30 – Lyric Opera of Chicago: Verdi’s La traviata
DEC
JAN
Jan 25 – Minnesota Opera: Verdi’s Macbeth
Jan 28 – Minnesota Opera: Verdi’s Macbeth
Jan 30 – Minnesota Opera: Verdi’s Macbeth
FEB
Feb 1 – Minnesota Opera: Verdi’s Macbeth
Feb 2 – Minnesota Opera: Verdi’s Macbeth
Feb 21 – Lyric Opera of Chicago: Rossini’s The Barber of Seville
Feb 22 – Lyric Opera of Chicago: Dvorak’s Rusalka
MAR
Mar 1 – Minnesota Opera: Argento’s The Dream of Valentino
Mar 6 – Minnesota Opera: Argento’s The Dream of Valentino
Mar 8 – Minnesota Opera: Argento’s The Dream of Valentino
Mar 9 – Minnesota Opera: Argento’s The Dream of Valentino
Mar 14 – Lyric Opera of Chicago: Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito
APR
Apr 12 – Minnesota Opera: Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Apr 13 – Minnesota Opera: Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Apr 15 – Minnesota Opera: Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Apr 16 – Minnesota Opera: Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Apr 17 – Minnesota Opera: Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Apr 18 – Minnesota Opera: Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Apr 19 – Minnesota Opera: Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Apr 25 – Minnesota Opera: Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Apr 27 – Minnesota Opera: Mozart’s The Magic Flute
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