Fertile Ground
It seems counterintuitive for an agricultural state in the middle of “flyover country” to be a regular creator of compelling modern operas, but Minnesota has enjoyed such a reputation for more than a half-century. In recent years, Minnesota Opera has premiered The Fix, Dinner at Eight, The Shining, and The Manchurian Candidate. In 2012, composer Kevin Puts won a Pulitzer Prize for Music for Silent Night, a Minnesota Opera commission with a libretto by Mark Campbell.
This article was published in the Spring 2022 issue of Opera America Magazine.
Marianne Combs
Marianne Combs has reported on arts and culture in Minnesota for more than 20 years.