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Do you know what an Intimacy Director is? Watch as YourClassical MPR's Tynia Major speaks with Minnesota Opera Intimacy Director Doug Scholz-Carlson about what his job entails and how important his work is for both performers and audiences. Intimacy Directors play integral roles in the arts industry and are particularly needed during productions featuring a love story, such as the opera’s production of 

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YourClassical MPR’s Tynia Major speaks with Minnesota Opera Intimacy Director Doug Scholz-Carlson about what his job entails and how important his work is for both performers and audiences. Intimacy Directors play integral roles in the arts industry and are particularly needed during productions featuring a love story, such as the opera’s production of ‘The Barber of Seville,’ which opened on May 3 and runs through May 18.


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Davidsen will deliver an intimate, carefully curated performance that features iconic masterpieces by Franz Schubert, including Gretchen am Spinnrade.


Schubert Club live with soprano Lise Davidsen and pianist James Baillieu

Soprano Tina O’Malley, winner of the 2026 Karin Larson YourClassical Prize, performs “Regnava nel silenzio” from Gaetano Donizetti’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ with pianist Carson Rose Schneider. 


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Watch a studio session with soprano Tina O’Malley of New Brighton, Minnesota, who won the 2026 Karin Larson YourClassical Prize in the Preprofessional Musician category. 


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Watch violinist Ariana Kim play ‘Migrating Home,’ her own piece for violin and looping pedal. 


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Watch violinist Ariana Kim play her arrangement of the Raga Aalapana: ‘Bahudari.’ 



Ariana Kim - 'Raga Aalapana: Bahudari'

Watch organist Jean-Baptiste Robin perform ‘Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant’ (‘Pavane of a Sleeping Beauty’) from ‘Ma mère l’Oye’ (‘Mother Goose Suite’) by Maurice Ravel. 



Jean-Baptiste Robin - 'Pavane of a Sleeping Beauty' by Maurice Ravel

Watch a studio session with violinist Ariana Kim about her latest album ‘(un)common thread.’


Violinist Ariana Kim sews an (un)common thread

Classically Training, Episode 6 – What is opera?

In this episode, ‘Classically Training’ makes a trip to the Minnesota Opera to find out where this art form came from and how all the pieces come together. 


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Watch guest conductor Cynthia Johnston Turner lead the Minnesota Winds in a performance of ‘Unfurl’ by Katherine Bergman from the ensemble’s first-ever season finale. 


Minnesota Winds - 'Unfurl' by Katherine Bergman

Watch organist Jean-Baptiste Robin perform François Couperin’s ‘Plein Jeu.’


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