MN Opera's 'Shining' may be the scariest yet
This weekend, the Minnesota Opera aims to scare the living daylights out of its audience. It's presenting the world premiere of "The Shining," Stephen King's tale of an empty hotel filled with murderous evil spirits.
It's been a novel, a miniseries and a film, but opera staff believe the musical connection their art form offers may make this the scariest "Shining" yet.
Librettist Mark Campbell is even hoping for a tiny moment of operatic history. "We do hope that someone will say, 'Don't go in there!'" he said. "That would be a first for an opera, so we do hope that happens."
"The Shining" tells the story of Jack Torrance, a deeply troubled writer who takes his wife Wendy and their son Danny to the remote Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. He's going to be the winter caretaker, and maybe find a subject for that book he's been meaning to write. The hotel is closed for the season, but it soon becomes clear it's actually fully occupied by a host of malevolent spirits who have met untimely ends in the hotel.
