New Works Initiative Song Cycle Premiere
MNOP+ Performances
February 28, 2026 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Minnesota Opera’s first song cycle world premiere of its New Works Initiative will leave you in tears of… heartbreak?
Or hilarity? Join us to find out.
Tenor Ángel Vargas and pianist Fumiyasu Kawase will perform the world premiere of the first song cycle in Minnesota Opera’s New Works Initiative, with music by David Hanlon and text by John De Los Santos. Resident Soprano Kylie Kreucher will perform songs of Schoenberg, Herrmann, Marx, and Korngold, and baritone David Wolfe will perform Benjamin Britten’s Songs and Proverbs of William Blake with Mario Antonio Marra (Head of Music and Director of Resident Artist Program) at the piano.