The Minnesota Opera

For two seasons (2000-2001 and 2001-2002) I served as a volunteer photographer for the Minnesota Opera. I photographed during dress rehearsals, and — as opposed to the official (paid) photographer, whose principal task was to take promotional photos — I photographed the operas’ stories as they unfolded on stage at the Ordway Theater.

Following is a selection of the best of those photographs. I was photographing at the dawn of the digital photography age, with the very earliest Canon digital SLR, which used a mere 3.3 megapixel sensor (smaller than the sensor on many modern cellphones). I was using professional lenses, however, which turned out to be key for the quality I was able to achieve.

2000-2001 Season

Kurt Weill, Street Scene

(Images have been upsized from original formats as presented on my prior site, so the resolution for some may appear somewhat soft.)

Gioacchino Rossini, The Barber of Seville

Ruggero Leoncavallo, Pagliacci

Carl Orff, Carmina Burana

2001-2002 Season

Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito

Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème

Mark Adamo, Little Women