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History

WE TAKE YOU PLACES YOU’VE NEVER BEEN

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St. Croix Valley Opera is a non-profit organization designed to produce high-quality musical art performances for the bright and vibrant local and regional east metro communities surrounding Stillwater, Minnesota. We wish to provide educational, performance, and employment opportunities working in the arts alongside established professionals, granting valuable experience for local emerging performing artists, aspiring to fulfill their dreams of taking the next step toward professional career advancement in the performing arts.

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Our vision is to establish Stillwater and its surroundings as a regional music cultural center with a vibrant community of emerging and professional performing artists. Our continued vision for our opera/musical theatre company is to curate an ongoing regular season of Opera/Musical Theatre productions in Stillwater focused around offering local/regional talent the opportunity to gain valuable professional performance experience making them more attractive to move from that emerging stage of a career into a full professional career, sustainably bridging the arts in this region to the rest of the nation/world in the process. We have big plans!

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O U R  T E A M

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Obed Floan

Executive Director
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Jack Swanson

Creative Advisor
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Megan Wagner

General Manager
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Charlie Rouse, Jr.

Senior Performing Arts Administrator
Our Team
Edward M. Nelsen III

Edward M. Nelsen III

Board Chair

Amanda Ressler

Amanda Ressler

Board Treasurer

Obed Floan

Obed Floan

Board Member (Ex-Officio)

Marilyn Johnson

Marilyn Johnson

Board Vice-Chair

Margaret Jane Wray

Margaret Jane Wray

Board Member

Megan Wagner

Megan Wagner

Board Member (Ex-Officio)

Laurann Kirschner

Laurann Kirschner

Board Secretary

Layton "Skip" James

Layton "Skip" James

Board Member

B O A R D   O F   D I R E C T O R S 

Board of Directors
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P R E S S

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‘Operatunity’ Knocks in Stillwater

On Megan Wagner’s 17th birthday, her mom’s gift changed the trajectory of her life, she said. She brought Wagner to an opera.

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Opera Events for Twin Cities

Summer used to be a time when classical musicians packed their instruments and headed for well-earned vacations in the countryside. 

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Opera Star Comes home 

Two years ago Jack Swanson was kicking his heels at home in his native Stillwater, having just completed his training as an operatic tenor...

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Employment
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E M P L O Y M E N T
No positions available at the moment

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