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Minnesota Opera Orchestra

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The Minnesota Opera Orchestra is an internationally recognized ensemble of 46 core musicians which regularly expands with extra players and has served the Minnesota Opera for 60 years. The orchestra primarily performs at the Ordway as part of Minnesota Opera, as well as at venues across the Twin Cities such as The Luminary Arts Center, Allianz Field, The O’Shaughnessy Theater, and CHS Field. The musicians of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra are members of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 30-73 and the orchestra normally plays under a 4-year union contract.

The MN Opera Orchestra functions as a highly collaborative ensemble working closely with artistic teams in the creation of new works. The orchestra workshopped and performed the world premiere of Silent Night by composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell,(commissioned by Minnesota Opera) which went on to receive the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Music. The orchestra is featured on the commercial recording of Silent Night (2021) and on two PBS Great Performance specials, Silent Night (2011) and Doubt (2019), and is regularly heard in broadcasts of the Minnesota Opera on Minnesota Public Radio. Other world premieres include: The Shining by Paul Moravec, The Manchurian Candidate by Kevin Puts and the regional premiere of Dead Man Walking by Jake Hegge. The orchestra has most recently collaborated with composer Paola Prestini and librettist Mark Campbell, workshopping their opera Edward Tulane, based on Minnesota writer Kate DiCamillo’s story, and performing and recording the opera’s world premiere at the Ordway October 8-16, 2022. This recording was recently nominated for Grammy.

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