Opening Saturday: Opera fans are in for a rare opportunity. Composer Bernard Herrmann put the last touches on his only opera in Minneapolis during the summer of 1951. It tempted opera producers, although they wanted changes to which Herrmann wouldn't agree, so it was never performed in his lifetime. Herrmann did record the piece in 1966, and its lone appearance onstage was at Portland Opera in 1982. Minnesota Opera is reviving the work to mark the centenary of Herrmann's birth. Eric Simonson ("Grapes of Wrath") directs, and Michael Christie ("La Traviata") conducts. Sara Jakubiak and Lee Poulis headline the cast.
- 7:30 p.m. Sat.; 2 p.m. next Sun. $20-$200. Ends April 23. Ordway Center, 5th and Washington Sts., St. Paul. 612-333-6669 or mnopera.org
