Music by George Frideric Handel
Libretto by Giacomo Rossi

A spellbinding adventure. Rinaldo’s colorful, tune-filled story of love, war, and redemption comes to MN Opera for the first time ever. In this magical tale filled with memorable melodies, our hero must save his innocent, true love from a sorcerer who will stop at nothing to gain victory. The opera sweeps the audience from laughter to heartbreak and back again in this enchanting musical fantasy where love triumphs over darkness. 

Sung in Italian with English captions projected above the stage. 

Join us for our “short musicals” festival. We’ll present a new line-up of short musicals and plays with music!  With humor and heart, we'll explore the many ways people cope with and overcome life's uncertainties and challenges.​

Crossing Over by Timothy Huang
Blank Slate by Julia Meinwald and Gordon Leary
Over Texas by Michael John LaChiusa
People are Dancing by Sarah Hammond
Occupy by James Phillips with music by Rosabella Gregory

Reviews:

“Though it is hard to single out performers among such an excellent ensemble, I cannot deny that Justin Cooke stood out, with a beautiful singing voice and emotive speaking voice.”

- Arthur Dorman, Talkin’ Broadway

“I began to sense a theme about people at a crossroads in life, after which their life is going to change, for better or worse…I found it truly beautiful and deeply moving.”

- Cherry and Spoon

The United States. The present day (or ever so slightly in our future). On the side of a road where an aimless hitchhiker who loves quoting Shakespeare and gazing at the stars encounters a fellow weary traveler on a journey of her own.
A Saturn Return is a touching tale of surprising human connection in a world found void of it.

Turn down the distractions, turn up the volume and enjoy the experience.

A Saturn Return is presented audibly with optional video components for a customizable experience.
Contains some strong language.


Visit www.SqueakyWheelzProductions.com/A-Saturn-Return for all the details!

June 7, 8 & 10th - 7:30pm
Elision Playhouse,
6105 42nd Avenue North
Crystal, Minnesota 55422

Apprx. Run Time: 2 hours with 2 intermissions Price: $20-25

Join us for our June reprise of our “short musicals” festival.  We’ll present a flight of a half dozen 10 to 20-minute musicals, with brief intermissions between each to enjoy a flight of your favorite beverage – wine, specialty cocktails or non-alcoholic options!  The musicals will include:

My Boyfriend is an Alien (and I’m OK with that) by Christine Toy Johnson & Bobby Cronin
The Manifesto by Germaine Shames & Nadav Amir-Himmel 
Der Strunkenwhitenleider by Scott Guy set to music by Liza Lehmann
Five Minutes by Ben Larson and Eric "Pogi" Sumangil
Missing Karma by Timothy Huang

Plus a few surprises!

The Reviews!

Cherry and Spoon:  "They're all truly delightful and unexpected, at least one locally written, and performed by a talented local cast."

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Twin Cities Stages:  "A Flight of Short Musicals is a perfect show for anyone who is a fan of musical theater and wants to explore what the genre is capable of portraying in only a short amount of time."

Millennial on the Mezzanine:  "The talented cast of nine brings their A-game to make the audience believe their stories without any elaborate sets. And it works. These are some seriously strong actors that don’t need any bells and whistles to make you believe them. You just will."

Stages of Minnesota: "What was fun about this evening was that if you didn’t care for one of the pieces it’s no big deal it will be over shortly and you’ll have another musical to connect with. The strength of the evening is that you never feel that way about any of the shows, they are all enjoyable, fun well written and catchy."

October 5 - 13, 2019
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts,
345 Washington St.
St. Paul, MN 55102
612-333-6669

Apprx. Run Time: 1 hour and 40 minutes with no intermission.

Strauss’ Elektra, based on the famous tragedy about a princess hell-bent on revenge, is as intense and gripping as opera gets. Reimagined on the set of a 1920s German film studio, an actress’ mental state unravels as she slowly believes herself to be the real Elektra of ancient Greece, her quest for the perfect performance quickly igniting an authentic lust for blood. This scorching drama unfolds in a single act of rare vocal and orchestral power that aims straight for the jugular.

LANGUAGE

Performed in German with English translations projected above the stage.