While in London promoting her new murder mystery, Maxine drops in on her former lover Margot who shares some distressing news: She’s being blackmailed for a love letter from Maxine that went missing after their affair ended. Margot thinks her husband Tony is none the wiser, but he knows everything — and then some. In fact, his yearlong plan to have Margot murdered will commence the next night, thanks to an airtight alibi. But when Margot kills her assailant in self-defense, Tony’s plot takes an unexpected turn. This clever, fast-paced adaptation adds extra layers to the iconic tale, making the “Will he get away with it?” question even more thrilling.

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Dial M for Murder

Guthrie Theater

Tony Award-winning actor and master clown Bill Irwin has spent a lifetime captivated by Samuel Beckett. The depth of his devotion for the famed Irish writer plays out onstage in a nonstop display of jovial verbal and physical comedy that has become Irwin’s signature. With little more than a microphone and a podium, Irwin lets the audience in on the creative process of engaging with Beckett’s sometimes opaque but undeniably rich language, providing a primer in clowning along the way. In addition to exploring texts by one of the most influential theater voices of the past century, audiences will fall in love with Irwin’s unique and endearing approach to Beckett’s work.

On Beckett

Featuring SPCO violinist Maureen Nelson’s new arrangement of Medieval works, this program is a musical response to the poet Rumi who wrote: “The lamps are different, but the Light is the same. One matter, one energy, one Light, one Light-mind, endlessly emanating all things.” Opening with music of Hildegard von Bingen, this Express Concert is a journey of light through the eyes of different composers. At the heart lies Franz Joseph Haydn’s uplifting Midday Symphony and Osvaldo Golijov’s lush Tenebrae for String Quartet.

Express Concert: Haydn’s Midday Symphony

Ted Mann Concert Hall

Temple Israel

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Saint Paul's United Church of Christ

Smetana, Prokofiev, two thrilling debuts and a Minnesota Orchestra first all at once! Conductor Ruth Reinhardt and saxophonist Steven Banks, a 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, make their debuts with the Minnesota Orchestra to showcase Billy Childs’ recently premiered Diaspora, a concerto for saxophone and orchestra. The work co-commissioned by the Orchestra highlights Black experiences in America, with inspiration from poets including Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou. Then: romance, drama and intrigue capture the evening with a suite from Prokofiev’s gripping ballet score.

Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet

Minnesota Orchestra

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The Artelize Podcast and Kasper Holten - Pedefining Opera for the modern world

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The Artelize Podcast - A legacy of innovation in Opera: Celebrating Marc A. Scorca

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The Artelize Podcast: A love letter that was never sent

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The Artelize Podcast and Adolfo Corrado: Mediterranean flavors, opera and social media

Sun salutations meet live music in our Yoga Class at Orchestra Hall series! Join a local instructor to practice yoga in the serenity of the Orchestra Hall lobby while an individual musician or duo from the Minnesota Orchestra plays musical selections that inspire and center body and soul.

Winter Yoga

Join us for an engaging and interactive concert experience in a relaxed environment where all audience members are welcome to be who they are while enjoying music with family and friends. This concert takes place in the Target Atrium, where patrons can see and hear the instruments up close and ask questions in a more intimate setting. Hosted by Lyndie Walker, MT-BC from Toneworks Music Therapy Services, this program features a Minnesota Orchestra musician and talented guest artists from the community.

Winter Sensory-Friendly Concert

The Minnesota Orchestra marks Lunar New Year, the Year of the Dragon, a two-week-long festival that encourages family and friends to gather together with a performance featuring music that honors family traditions and themes of unity and health.

Lunar New Year

Conductor Laureate Osmo Vänskä, a champion of both new music and rising stars, revisits his beloved Minnesota Orchestra. Through Orchestra commissions by Anders Hillborg and Kevin Puts—plus two bass concertos performed by Nina Bernat, the 2022 FRIENDS of the Minnesota Orchestra Young Artist Competition winner—this concert reflects Vänskä’s wide-ranging and compelling vision for the future of orchestral music.

Osmo Vänskä Returns

In collaboration with the University of Minnesota’s Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing, join us for an exploration of music and mindfulness through performances and engaging dialogue. Each session will feature a musician or small ensemble from the Minnesota Orchestra and will be led by University of Minnesota mindfulness and wellbeing instructor Mariann Johnson.

February Music & Mindfulness

A powerful, poignant chamber music concert that will stay with you. Heartfelt music by Hanna Havrylets, a Ukrainian composer who lost her life in 2022 three days into the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A statement on belief and hope from former Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute Director Kevin Puts. Rich, lyrical lines from French composer Bernard Andrés. Spend a Sunday afternoon with Minnesota Orchestra musicians to hear these intimate and moving performances.

Korngold, Puts and Janáček

Have you ever heard a piece of music that inspired you? This program explores the idea that music—even with no words—can make a powerful statement. Featuring Beethoven’s Overture to Leonore and orchestrated pieces by 29:11 International Exchange, this program is sure to prove that musicians can be the world’s greatest change makers.

Music for a Better World

A rural Irish village is turned upside down by the arrival of an American film crew. When Charlie and Jake are cast as extras in the movie, they discover that Hollywood’s romanticized Ireland stands in stark contrast to the reality of their daily lives. This Olivier Award-winning comedy is a rollicking, poignant tale brought to life by two actors portraying a colorful cast of dozens.

Stones In His Pockets

Theater Latte Da

Please join the Minnesota Youth Symphonies for their Winter Concert! This event will include performances by all five MYS orchestras and feature Symphony Solo Competition winner Noah Scharback, along with special guest tango dancers Gordon and Kate Bratt!

Winter Concert

Minnesota Music Educators Association is proud to present 6 All-State Ensembles built with 608 accomplished young musicians from 265 programs within the state of Minnesota. Two concerts are being offered featuring THREE All-State Choirs and THREE All-State Instrumental Ensembles. Conductors: Nicole Thietje (Soprano-Alto Choir), Dr. Jessica Nápoles (SATB Choir), Dr. Marcus Simmons (Tenor- Bass Choir), Dr. Scott Jones (Concert Band), Dr. Jacqueline Dawson (Symphonic Band), Jennifer Drake (Orchestra).

Mmea All-state Choral Concert

Mmea All-state Instrumental Concert

See the Grammy Award®-winning folk pop duo Indigo Girls take the stage with the Minnesota Orchestra for a breathtaking fusion of song and rhapsodic symphonic sound.

Indigo Girls

In December of 1938, Lore, age ten, fled her home in Vienna aboard the Kindertransport and arrived in England alone, tasked with securing visas for the family members she left behind. Almost thirty years later, she published her acclaimed first novel, fictionalizing her experiences with a piercing perspective on the paradoxes of her forced migration. Now, Emily Feldman and Daniel Aukin aim to capture Lore's blazingly singular worldview in a theatrical epic that spans eighty-five years and examines the puzzle of human survival in a world that distinguishes us and others.

Lore Segal's Other People's Houses

Playwrights' Center

Mezzo Soprano Victoria Vargas will be joined by James Barnett, piano; Elise Meichels Parker, violin, and Jane Cords O’Hara, cello for an evening of music from and inspired by Ireland. Repertoire includes selections by Ina Boyle, Joan Trimble, Amy Beach, and Ludwig Van Beethoven.

Irish Inspired: Victoria Vargas, Mezzo and the Jamison Ensemble

Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall

The UW Madison Brass quintet will be giving a student engagement on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 from 3:30-5:30 PM in Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall. This event is open to the public and will represent the all brass instruments.

Guest Artist Recital | UW Madison Brass Quintet

The Sphinx Virtuosi—the flagship ensemble of the Sphinx Organization, dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts—shares the stage with the Minnesota Orchestra in a program featuring Carlos Simon’s meditative Breathe and Angélica Negrón’s immersive Marejada.

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Indigo Girls

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