Arts Tour Minnesota
Arts Tour Minnesota
The Northern Lights Music Festival will tour its new production of Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin," its first Russian language opera production.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Officer at Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary?s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Ceramic artist. former executive director of the Minnesota Project.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
Bradley Bourn: Executive director, Lyndale Neighborhood Association; former managing director, Ten Thousand Things Theater; Leslie Hanlon: Director of fundraising and marketing, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John?s University fine arts series; Tamra Jo Makram: Managing director of Memorial Auditorium Performing Arts Center, Worthington; Natalie Nowytski: Vocalist, composer and performer of international folk music; Kathleen Ray: Former executive director, Central Square Cultural and Civic Center; theater artist and playwright; Quillan Roe: Manager and artistic director, Roe Family Singers; Douglas Scholz-Carlson: Artistic director, Great River Shakespeare Festival; Jacinta Zens: Independent arts organizer; member of Moorhead Arts and Cultural Commission
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We will introduce a less frequently performed opera to our audiences. We will create enhanced marketing and educational programming around the production to create an interest in this opera. If we maintain our typical ticket sales we will have been successful. 2: Minnesota artists will have an opportunity to sing in a new language, and to perform multiple times for greater competence in the language. Singers will receive extra language coaching from native speakers and will receive a longer rehearsal period. More professional choristers will be employed because of the difficulty of the language.
We introduced a less frequently performed opera to our audiences. More than 1500 persons, mostly from the Range, attended our production of Eugene Onegin. Hundreds took part in pre-opera lectures. 2: Minnesota artists sang a great opera in Russian, performing three times in three cities. Minnesota touring artists mastered the difficult Russian text, assisted by local Russian speakers and professional Russian chorus masters and coaches.
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