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The Fabulous Equinox All-Stars

Albert Lea High School Auditorium 2000 Tiger Ln, Albert Lea, MN, United States

Join us as we open a new season with this roaring 7 – piece little big swing band, playing all your favorites from the swing era, the crooners, and pops.

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Boris Godunov

Marion Ross Performing Arts Center 147 N Broadway Ave, Albert Lea, MN, United States

Bass René Pape, the world’s reigning Boris, reprises his overwhelming portrayal of the tortured tsar caught between grasping ambition and crippling paranoia, kicking off the Live in HD season on October 9, 2021. Conductor Sebastian Weigle leads Mussorgsky’s masterwork, a pillar of the Russian repertoire, in its original 1869 version. Stephen Wadsworth’s affecting production poignantly captures the hope and suffering of the Russian people as well as the tsar himself. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

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Ball In The House

Albert Lea High School Auditorium 2000 Tiger Ln, Albert Lea, MN, United States

Ball in the House is an R&B/Soul/Pop a cappella group based out of Boston, MA, whose high energy shows have audiences singing, dancing, even beatboxing along.

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Fire Shut Up In My Bones

Marion Ross Performing Arts Center 147 N Broadway Ave, Albert Lea, MN, United States

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Grammy Award–winning jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s moving memoir, which The New York Times praised after its 2019 world premiere at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as “bold and affecting” and “subtly powerful.” The first opera by a Black composer presented on the Met stage and featuring a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons, the opera tells a poignant and profound story about a young man’s journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship. James Robinson and Camille A. Brown—two of the creators of the Met’s sensational recent production of Porgy and Bess—co-direct this new staging, which appears in cinemas on October 23. Baritone Will Liverman, one of opera’s most exciting young artists, stars as Charles, alongside soprano Angel Blue as Destiny/Loneliness/Greta, soprano Latonia Moore as Billie, and Walter Russell III as Char’es-Baby. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

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Intersection Trio

Albert Lea High School Auditorium 2000 Tiger Ln, Albert Lea, MN, United States

Join these three virtuosic musicians — violinist Laura Frautschi, cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper, and pianist John Novacek — in a fresh program that will blend the familiar with imagination and dazzling charm.

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Janoska Ensemble

Albert Lea High School Auditorium 2000 Tiger Ln, Albert Lea, MN, United States

This Vienna-based quartet of 2 violins, piano, and bass is the personification of virtuosity.  Their thrilling program will blend standards of the classical repertoire with revelatory jazz influences and a bit of the Beatles.  And when played by these 3 brothers and their brother-in-law, it becomes magical for every audience.

The Met: Live in HD

Eurydice

Marion Ross Performing Arts Center 147 N Broadway Ave, Albert Lea, MN, United States

The ancient Greek myth of Orpheus, who attempts to harness the power of music to rescue his beloved Eurydice from the underworld, has inspired composers since opera’s earliest days. Brilliant American composer Matthew Aucoin now carries that tradition into the 21st century with a captivating new take on the story—a product of the Met’s commissioning program. With a libretto by Sarah Ruhl, adapted from her acclaimed 2003 play, the opera reimagines the familiar tale from Eurydice’s point of view. Yannick Nézet-Séguin oversees the December 4 transmission, leading Aucoin’s evocative music and an immersive new staging by Mary Zimmerman. Soprano Erin Morley sings the title role, opposite baritone Joshua Hopkins as Orpheus and countertenor Jakub Józef Orli?ski as his otherworldly alter-ego. Bass-baritone Nathan Berg is Eurydice’s father and fellow resident of the underworld, with tenor Barry Banks as Hades himself. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

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Cinderella

Marion Ross Performing Arts Center 147 N Broadway Ave, Albert Lea, MN, United States

In this New Year’s Day performance, Laurent Pelly’s storybook staging of Massenet’s Cendrillon, a hit of the 2017–18 season, is presented with an all-new English translation in an abridged 90-minute adaptation, with mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as its rags-to-riches princess. Maestro Emmanuel Villaume leads a delightful cast, which includes mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo as Cinderella’s Prince Charming, soprano Jessica Pratt as her Fairy Godmother, and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and bass-baritone Laurent Naouri as her feuding guardians. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

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Rigoletto

Marion Ross Performing Arts Center 147 N Broadway Ave, Albert Lea, MN, United States

Bartlett Sher’s bold new take on Verdi’s timeless tragedy arrives in cinemas on January 29. The Tony Award­–winning director resets the opera’s action in 1920s Europe, with Art Deco sets by Michael Yeargan and elegant costumes by Catherine Zuber, themselves boasting a combined 11 Tony Awards. Baritone Quinn Kelsey, a commanding artist at the height of his powers, brings his searing portrayal of the title role to the Met for the first time, starring alongside soprano Rosa Feola as Gilda and tenor Piotr Becza?a as the Duke of Mantua, with leading maestro Daniele Rustioni on the podium. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

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David Shannon

Albert Lea High School Auditorium 2000 Tiger Ln, Albert Lea, MN, United States

Ireland's Greatest Showman, David Shannon grew up in Ireland and has been singing professionally for more than 25 years. David Shannon is renowned for his engaging style and charming personality. He recently released his second solo album, Abhaile.

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Kassia Ensemble

Albert Lea High School Auditorium 2000 Tiger Ln, Albert Lea, MN, United States

A rare combination of string quartet—2 violins, viola and cello—and trumpet, the Kassia Strings, joined by  renowned trumpeter Mary Bowden, offer a unique and bold program of classical favorites.

The Met: Live in HD

Ariadne auf Naxos

Marion Ross Performing Arts Center 147 N Broadway Ave, Albert Lea, MN, United States

The exhilarating soprano Lise Davidsen makes her Live in HD debut in one of her signature roles, the mythological Greek heroine of Strauss’s enchanting masterpiece....