UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

• September 11th, 2021: 2:00 pm The Pickup Truck Opera; Volume 1: The Odessey

  Swede Hollow Park | 657 East Beaumont St, St. Paul, MN 55130

  Audio Described Performance

 An adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, using selections from Monteverdi’s 1639 opera, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland), and told with the spirit of a country carnival.

http://mixedprecipitation.org/about-the-pickup-truck-opera/

Scotty Reynolds - Producing Artistic Director | Co-Director

Jacob (Jäc) Miller - Co-Director

Gary Ruschman - Music Director

Momoko Tanno - Penelope, Queen of Ithaca | Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom | Helen of Troy

• September 12th, 2021: 3:00 pm The Pickup Truck Opera; Volume 1: The Odessey

  JD Rivers’ Children’s Garden | 2900 Glenwood Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55405

  An adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, using selections from Monteverdi’s 1639 opera, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland), and told with the spirit of a country carnival.

Momoko Tanno - Penelope, Queen of Ithaca | Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom | Helen of Troy

• June 2022: Hebionna by Asako Hirabayashi | University of North Carolina

  Incorporating Japanese culture and language, the opera tells the story of a countryman, Yoshizo, who saves a snake from a trap. The creature transforms into a beautiful woman named Miko, and he marries her. When Miko transforms back into a snake, Yoshizo and his family face scorn and deadly violence from their fellow villagers.

  Asako Hirabayashi, composer, and librettist

  Momoko Tanno, Miko/Snake Woman

  Read more about the grant supporting this work:

  https://www.operaamerica.org/get-involved/about-us/press-room/2021/opera-america-awards-100-000-in-discovery-grants-to-support-seven-new-works-by-women-composers/

RECENT PERFORMANCES

• July 18th - September 12th, 2021: The Pickup Truck Opera; Volume 1: The Odessey at various outdoor locations

  Mythic monsters, enchanting sirens, and a flesh-eating cyclops. All this epic action packed onto a pickup truck! This adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, uses selections from Monteverdi’s 1639 opera, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland), told with the spirit of a country carnival. Our production features a musical mix of baroque melodies and Dolly Parton tunes. The Pickup Truck Opera is family-friendly fun for all ages. http://mixedprecipitation.org/about-the-pickup-truck-opera/

  Scotty Reynolds - Producing Artistic Director | Co-Director

  Jacob (Jäc) Miller - Co-Director

  Gary Ruschman - Music Director

  Momoko Tanno - Penelope, Queen of Ithaca | Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom | Helen of Troy

  • Sunday, July 18th, 2:00 pm (Preview) Women’s Environmental Institute | 15715 River Rd, North Branch, MN 55056

  • Saturday, July 31st, 2:00 pm Early Frost Farm | 7273 Palo Tia Road, Embarrass, MN 55732

  • Friday, August 6th, 6:30 pm Dream Acres Farm | 17289 County Road 8, Wykoff, MN, 55990

  • Sunday, August 8th, 2:30 pm Squash Blossom Farm | 7499 60th Avenue NE, Oronoco, MN 55960

  • Saturday, August 14th, 2:00 pm East Mayo Park (Memorial Park) | 301 6th Avenue SE, Rochester MN 55904

    Presented by the Rochester Arts Center

  • Sunday, August 15th, 6:00 pm Caponi Art Park | 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan MN 55123

  • Wednesday, August 18th, 7:00 pm City Park Bandshell | 1355 Washington Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
    Presented by the Historic Holmes Theater

  • Friday, August 20th, 7:00 pm Dodge Nature Center, Farm Education Center | 1701 Charlton Avenue, West St. Paul MN 55118

  • Thursday, August 26th, 6:30 pm ASL Interpreted | Central Park Bandshell | 430 2nd Avenue NW, Faribault, MN 55021
    Presented by City of Faribault and Paradise Center for the Arts and made possible by grants from the Faribault Foundation and programming sponsor, Crossroads Professionals

  • Friday, August 27th, 7:00 pm Tony Schmidt Park | 3500 Lake Johanna Blvd, Arden Hills, MN 55112

  • Saturday, August 28th, 2:00 pm Oak Hill Park | 3201 Rhode Island Ave S, St Louis Park, MN 55426
    This performance was made possible thanks to a grant from the St. Louis Park Arts & Culture Grant fund.

  • Sunday, August 29th, 3:00 pm Cedar Lake East Beach, “Hidden Beach” | 2000 S Upton Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55405
    Presented by the Kenwood Neighborhood Association Hidden Acoustics

  • Saturday, September 4th, 2:00 pm ASL Interpreted | Alexis Bailly Vineyard, | 18200 Kirby Ave. Hastings, MN 55033

  • Sunday, September 5th, 2:00 pm Alexis Bailly Vineyard, | 18200 Kirby Ave. Hastings, MN 55033