Mill City Summer Opera The Mill City Summer Opera launched its inaugural season in 2012 amid the Mill City Ruins in Minneapolis with Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. The show is the first of what organizers hope will be several outdoor summer performances in the ruins. Local musician Karen Brooks started the company behind the Summer Opera, bringing together creative leaders in the opera world to finance the project and produce Pagliacci. MN Opera New Works With humble beginnings in 1963 as the Walker?s Center Opera Company, The Minnesota Opera has since evolved to be one of the largest opera companies in the nation. The Opera’s repertoire includes classical opera as well as new works, keeping the art form contemporary and dynamic. The Minnesota Opera’s New Works Initiative production of Doubt is the centerpiece of their 50th anniversary season. Written by John Patrick Shanley and composed by Douglas J. Cuomo, Doubt made its world premiere in January 2013. CHRISTINA BALDWIN Actress and singer Christina Baldwin says she grew up with art as a normal part of her day and a necessary part of her week. Singing everything from opera to musicals and acting in everything from Shakespeare to original plays, Baldwin is a staple in the Twin Cities theater community. We join Baldwin, actor Nathan Keepers and Director Dominique Serrand at The Lab Theater in Minneapolis during a rehearsal for The Moving Company’s original production Werther + Lotte.