Saturday, May 9, 2026 - 7:30pm Sunday, May 10, 2026 - 2:00pm Thursday, May 14, 2026 - 7:30pm Saturday, May 16, 2026 - 7:30pm
Amanda performs the role of Nedda in this production of Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci with Minnesota Opera.
The show must go on, but how? For Canio and his traveling troupe, painted smiles and colorful costumes belie infidelity and betrayal. The façade is shattered when a hidden affair is revealed and a lighthearted night at the theater gives way to jealousy, suspicion, and ultimately violence. As the line between performance and reality blurs and the drama onstage begins to mirror the turmoil offstage, Pagliacci begs the question—does art imitate life, or does life imitate art?
