Name: Fire Shut Up In My Bones
Start: 2025-02-23T14:00:00
Location: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Join Minnesota Opera's 2025 season for an extraordinary mix of classic and contemporary performances. With exclusive MNOP+ programs offering intimate artist experiences, captivating operas like 'The Snowy Day' and 'The Barber of Seville', and the poignant 'Fire Shut Up In My Bones', this season promises to engage and inspire. From the evocative performances in intimate settings to grand productions that break new ground, Minnesota Opera's lineup is a testament to creativity and cultural richness. Dive into a world where music, storytelling, and magic intertwine.

Minnesota Opera's 2025 Season: A Celebration of Artistic Excellence

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Luminary Arts Center

The Snowy Day

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Fire Shut Up In My Bones

The Barber Of Seville

Based on the 2014 memoir by Charles M. Blow, with music by Terence Blanchard, and libretto by Kasi Lemmons, the opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones premiered at Opera Theater St. Louis in 2019. The Metropolitan Opera opened its season with the work in in 2021 – the first in its 138 years written by an African American composer. It became an unparalleled success and was staged again during the Met’s 2023-2024 season. In an effort to continue the message that opera and classical music are for everyone, Blanchard and The E-Collective have teamed up with the Grammy-winning Turtle Island Quartet and visual artist Andrew F. Scott to create a concert production that features excerpts from the opera performed by the composer, this incredible ensemble, and two guest singers. The music and Scott’s video projections give the audience a look inside the mind of Blanchard and the world he created.

Fire Shut Up In My Bones

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