Pickup Truck Opera Tour Volume 2: The Magic Flute - Mixed Percipitation
Sat, Aug 06
|White Side Park
Mozart's 1791 opera is thrust into our modern world of teacher shortages, high burnout, and toxic positivity. The forces of light and dark attempt to control the destiny of future generations - with Mozart's fiery arias with the beats of a 90s disco!
Time & Location
Aug 06, 2022, 4:00 PM
White Side Park, Whiteside Park, 721 E Sheridan St, Ely, MN 55731, USA
About the event
Mozart's 1791 opera is thrust into our modern world of teacher shortages, high burnout, and toxic positivity. The forces of light and dark attempt to control the destiny of future generations - with Mozart's fiery arias with the beats of a 90s disco (Gwen Steffani, Bjork, Des’ree, Stereo MCs, and others). A righteous good time for all ages.
They reached an audience of over 3,000 in 2021 with their production, Pickup Truck Opera: Volume One - The Odyssey. One audience member called their production “A magnificent, heart-warming, communal art experience."
Artistic Director Scotty Reynolds and the Mixed Precipitation crew have assembled a team of new voices to present a bold version of another opera classic. “This is the 4th production we’ve created which draws inspiration from the drama of Mozart’s music and the fantastical stories in his operas. We’ll use the myths of Freemasonry and the Enlightenment to look at…