It may be one of the best things you can do this summer — opera under the stars.
Mill City Summer Opera started three years ago with a new idea: grand opera, performed outdoors in the historic mill ruins at the Mill City Museum in Minneapolis. It's the perfect combination of great singers and summer atmosphere. We got a sneak peak at The Daughter of the Regiment, with director David Lefkowich, and musical highlights performed in our studio. Soprano Leah Partridge is revisiting the role she first sang at the Metropolitan Opera — with four hours' notice! Tenor Chad Johnson is unfazed by his role's nine high C's, so he says he's adding two more …
Listen to our conversation and the performances by Partridge and Johnson.
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