Name: The Pickup Truck Opera at Silverwood Park: The Return of King Idomeneo
Start: 2025-08-27T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-08-27T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 2500 County Road E W, Saint Anthony, MN, United States, Minnesota 55421

The Pickup Truck Opera at Silverwood Park: The Return of King Idomeneo

ABOUT THE SHOW
Mixed Precipitation celebrates 17 years of outdoor summer fun. This year they're revisiting one of their favorite productions, The Return of King Idomeneo. First created in 2012, this adaptation of Mozart’s 1781 opera Idomeneo, re di Creta (Idomeneo, King of Crete), was a breakout production for Mixed Precipitation and exemplified their playful and passionate outdoor performance style.
Mozart’s epic music comes to a 1950s street corner with a unique mash-up of passionate arias, exciting choruses, 50s doo-wop, and 60s girl groups. This mythical show is family-friendly and full of adventure.
Mixed Precipitation's adaptation, The Return of King Idomeneo, brings the action to mid-century America, as the neighborhood celebrates the return of its victorious hometown heroes from the long and bloody Trojan War. General Idomeneo has taken hostages from Troy: three brilliant scientists, Hecuba, and her daughters Ilia and Cassandra. And Neptune, the vengeful god of the sea, prepares to unleash his sewage monsters.
TICKETS
All performances are offered for a suggested donation ($5 – $45), which can be made at the link below or onsite on the day of the performance. ALL ARE WELCOME and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Children under 12 are welcome to attend for free.
WHAT TO BRING
Bring a water bottle or beverage, sunscreen, and a folding chair or blanket to sit on the grass. Picnics are welcome (please be neat and haul out your trash). Food and beverages are available for purchase in the Visitor Center. Leashed dogs are welcome at this site. Please clean up after your pets.
WEATHER
This performance will be set in Silverwood's outdoor amphitheater, near the Visitor Center building. In the event of inclement weather, please watch this event page and www.mixedprecipitation.org for updates regarding weather delays.