Fresh from an international performance tour, the award-winning ensemble Really Spicy Opera returns to Minneapolis for a free public concert as part of the Music in the Parks series. Music in the Parks is an offering of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
Really Spicy Opera will perform at the Lake Harriet Bandshell in Minneapolis, MN at 5:30 PM. Free and open to the public.
Program
Part I
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1. On the Sweet Shores of Napoli, from Eruption |
Libretto + Music: Basil Considine |
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2. Delta Airlines, We’re Through!, from Moral Criminal |
Libretto: Aiden Feltkamp |
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3. The Wrong Sons, from Eruption |
Libretto: Jude O’Dell |
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4. Away with the Circus, from Natalya & Sons |
Libretto: Megan Cohen |
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5. Four Cooks in the Kitchen/Too Many Cooks |
Libretto: Basil Considine |
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6. Gardens of Blight, from Green Thumbed |
Libretto: Tiffa Foster |
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7. In the Medical Closet, from Open Heart Surgery |
Libretto: Caroline Cao |
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8. So Wrong, from The Falling of Seasons |
Libretto + Music: Basil Considine |
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9. I Can Do Better, from Homecoming |
Libretto: Marcus Yi |
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10. A Poet Is a Painter, from Aphra Behn |
Libretto: Jessica Grams |
Part II – Meow and Forever
Music by Jodi Goble, Libretto by Basil Considine
An opera about queer women loving queer women while navigating that strange world of post-collegiate dating.
Bailey is swept away in a whirlwind romance with Asha, neglecting her other obligations…and her best friend, Alex. This drama is looked upon with bemusement by Bailey’s cats, Chester and Nala, who have their own priorities and interject themselves into the scenes and music.
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Bailey, a Millennial Alex, her best friend Asha, her new girlfriend Nala, her cat Chester, her other cat |
Siena Forest Victoria Erickson Yvonne Freese Bridget Ann Johnston Courtney Kayser |