2024 – 2025 : LOON’s 20th Anniversary Season

Subscriptions now on sale

Subscribers enjoy numerous perks, including:

  • Exchanges are allowed on subscriber ticket purchases
  • Invitations to VIP events
  • Enrollment in Opera Passport, a program that provides access to discounts of at least 10% on tickets when you travel to nearly 100 participating opera companies.
  • … and more!

Opera Karaoke

Thursday, September 12 at 7:00 PM

Thursday, January 30 at 7:00 PM

At Vikre Distillery

Do you sound fabulous in the shower?? Have you ever wanted to hit those high notes in front of a friendly audience? Now is your chance!

Whether your ‘Nessun Dorma’ rivals the Three Tenors or your ‘O mio babbino caro’ makes us weep, we can’t wait to hear you! Do you want to play a favorite opera aria on an instrument? That’s fine, too. (We’ve heard rumors of a Queen of the Night aria played by a trombonist, and we can only dream of such wonders!)

Here’s how it works: Opera is a team sport! Your teammate for the evening will be the extraordinary collaborative pianist Bill Munson. To make sure Bill has your music ready to go, please send us an email at info@loonopera.org, telling us your name and the piece you would like to sing or play. We’ll follow up to confirm that we’re all on the same page.  Then you show up and DAZZLE the audience!

Little LOON 2024-2025: Rusalka: A Mermaid’s Tale

Fall 2024 and Winter 2025

At Elementary Schools throughout the Arrowhead Region

Opera for the Young’s Adaptation of Rusalka
Music by Antonín Dvořák
Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil
Music adapted by Jeffrey Sykes
Original libretto by Diane Garton Edie

Contact us for more information about bringing Little LOON programming to your school!
Call 218-464-0922 or write info@loonopera.org

The Impresario & Circe on Superior

Friday, November 1 at 7:00 PM
Sunday, November 3 at 3:00 PM

At The Duluth Depot

The Impresario composed By W.A. Mozart, with new script by Jeffrey Madison
Circe on Superior Composed by Peter Hilliard with libretto by Matt Boresi

Reserved Seating $49, $59
Students $12

A year of celebration begins with two one-acts: something old and something new. Mozart’s comedy, The Impresario, has a new script from beloved LOON collaborator Jeffrey Madison. Then, after intermission, the same cast sings the World Premiere of Circe On Superior, written by Peter Hilliard and Matt Boresi, the team that brought us the popular comic opera The Filthy Habit.

Sung in English, with English supertitles projected above the stage.

The Radio Hour

Friday, January 24 at 7:00 PM
Sunday, January 26 at 3:00 PM

At The Duluth Depot

Composed by Jake Heggie
Libretto by Gene Scheer

Reserved Seating $42, $32
Students $12

In 40 minutes and three parts, this choral opera tells the story of Nora, a woman having a very bad day. She seeks solace by locking herself inside her apartment and turning on the radio. The chorus represents the inner monologue of her life and the imaginative possibilities that await her.

Sung in English, with English supertitles projected above the stage.

Valentine’s Day Soirée

Friday, February 14, 2025

At Greysolon Ballroom

5:30 PM – Hors d’oeuvres / Cash Bar
6:30 PM – Dinner and Music

Food, Music, Friends, and Fundraising in support of the work of Lyric Opera of the North.

$110/ Person 

Die Fledermaus

Friday, June 13, 2025 at 7:00 pm
Sunday, June 15, 2025 at 3:00 pm

At the NorShor Theatre

Composed by Johann Strauss II
Libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée

Reserved Seating $59, $49, $39
Students $12

20 years ago, Lyric Opera of the North’s very first event featured scenes from Die Fledermaus. What better way to celebrate our anniversary than with a beautiful new production of this operetta that is an ode to bubbles, waltzes, masked balls, and shimmery melodies!

Sung in German, with English supertitles projected above the stage.

Summer Sparkler

August, 2025

At the Historic Scott House

A summer concert with picnic-y food and festive fundraising in support of a new season of opera.

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