Minnesota Opera

The Schubert Club Bruce P. Carlson Student Scholarship Competition winners stopped by the MPR studios to give us a sample of their playing and chat about their aspirations for careers in music.

John Birge talks with James Valenti and Ellie Dehn from the Minnesota Opera's "La Boheme".

Chat with characters from Minnesota Opera's "Roberto Devereux."

A walk down Memory Lane with live concerts from the Ordway over the years. Listen on-line to some MPR favorites.

MPR's John Birge talks with John Fanning and Jean Stillwell who are the principals in Dominick Argento's "Casanova's Homecoming," a production of the Minnesota Opera.

The St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra calls its first concert of the 2009-2010 season "New Beginnings." It's the first concert of a new season, featuring the "New World" Symphony and the debut of the orchestra's new conductor, Andrew Altenbach.

For this Memorial Day, the premiere of Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Dominick Argento's memorial for his wife and muse of 51 years, soprano Carolyn Bailey Argento.

The Minnesota Opera's production of "Romeo and Juliet" is something of a homecoming for its two stars. Soprano Ellie Dehn grew up in Anoka and tenor James Valenti was a member of the Minnesota Opera's Resident Artists Program.