Really Spicy Opera is an award-winning jewel-box opera company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company specializes in the creation and production of new musical and dramatic works for the stage. RSO was founded in 2006 as a production company for new musical and dramatic works, and was based in Brookline, Massachusetts for the first eight years of its existence. The company relocated to Minneapolis in 2013 and made a critically lauded Midwest debut at the 2014 Minnesota Fringe Festival with a revival of the opera The Frat Party. RSO returned to the 2015 Minnesota Fringe Festival in July with Leanna Kirchoff‘s The Clever Artifice of Harriet and Margaret. In 2016, RSO celebrated its 10th anniversary with a special performance run of Verdi’s classic opera Rigoletto at the historic Capri Theater in North Minneapolis. RSO also developed the critically acclaimed and award-winning Game of Thrones: The Musical, which premiered at the 2016 Minnesota Fringe Festival and was one of the best-selling shows of the 2017 O'ahu, Maui, and Tampa Fringe Festivals. RSO also presented music at the 2016 Society for Ethnomusicology meeting in Washington, DC. In 2017, RSO hit the road for a series of national and international tours. Highlights include: *Reprises of Game of Thrones: The Musical in January at the O’ahu and Maui Fringe Festivals. *A reprise of Game of Thrones: The Musical in May at the Tampa Fringe Festival. *Touring performances of Game of Thrones: The Musical, Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years, and other programs in the American South, including the Orlando Fringe Festival. *Ain't That Rich at the Montreal Fringe Festival. *A Pickle at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Recent Honors & Awards: *BroadwayWorld Regional Award – Best Original/New Work: "A Pickle" (Minneapolis region, 2017) *BroadwayWorld Regional Award – Best Actress in a Play: Angela Timberman in "A Pickle" (Minneapolis region, 2017) *ArtsNational - An Innovative Opera Company to Watch (2017) *Twin Cities Arts Reader – Best of Fringe Award: "A Pickle" (2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival) *Minnesota Fringe Festival – Encore Performance: "A Pickle" (2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival) *Minnesota Fringe Festival – Best-Selling Show by Capacity (Overall): "A Pickle" (2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival) *Minnesota Fringe Festival – Best-Selling Show of the Venue: "A Pickle" (2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival) *Tampa International Fringe Festival – Best-Selling Show (Overall): "Game of Thrones: The Musical" (2017 Tampa International Fringe Festival) *Twin Cities Arts Reader – Best of Fringe Award: "Game of Thrones: The Musical" (2016 Minnesota Fringe Festival) *Twin Cities Arts Reader – Critic's Pick: "Game of Thrones: The Musical" (2016 Minnesota Fringe Festival)