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Oh, Heathcliff! We’re are all a-flutter at the idea of this dark, heartwrenching romance brought to life on the stage of the Ordway–in opera format, no less!

A tale of love, obsession and revenge, young Heathcliff falls in love, only to have it ripped away by circumstance and a young man of a higher social class. Heathcliff leaves, becomes mysteriously wealthy, and eventually returns to his homestead to punish those who sought to separate him from his now-deceased love, Catherine. His plot to destroy multiple generations of his adoptive family and extended family drives Heathcliff to madness and delusion.

The Minnesota Opera’s production of  Wuthering Heights is based off the Emily Brontë classic as reimagined by contemporary composer Bernard Herrmann. A Hollywood legend, Herrmann famously composed the scores to numerous films, including Hitchcock’s Psycho, Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, and Scorsese’s  Taxi Driver.  Wuthering Heights was his only opera, and coincidentally, was penned in Minneapolis in 1951.

This is the first major production of Herrmann’s Wuthering Heights; it will be staged by the Minnesota Opera April 16th-23rd at the Ordway. Sung in English with English captions projected above the stage. Estimated run time, including intermission is 3 hours and 35 minutes. For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.mnopera.org.