Waubun’s Dezerae Media was featured as part of the cast of this past weekend’s Bemidji State University Opera Theatre production, “Speed Dating Tonight!”

Medina played the role of “Dater 3: Origamist” in the one-act comic opera, which completed a four-show run this past Sunday, March 5. She was also featured in BSU’s 48th annual Madrigal Dinners this past December, playing the role of a waiter.

Medina is a junior at BSU, majoring in music education.

“Speed Dating Tonight!” was first performed in 2013 as a commissioned piece for the Brevard Music Center’s Janiec Opera in Brevard, N.C. The opera, which is specifically crafted to support small, intimate performances, apprentice programs, university opera and musical theatre groups, includes parts for as many as 30 singers with flexible roles that can be adapted to fit a varying number of singers with different voice types or genders.

The Madrigal Dinners, an annual musical dinner production presented by BSU’s Department of Music, recreates a yuletide feast in an Elizabethan Renaissance-era castle. Bemidji State University’s Madrigal Dinners have become a northern Minnesota yuletide tradition since they were first performed in 1968 under the direction of Dr. Paul Brandvik, professor emeritus of music. The tradition has spread, and madrigal dinners are now performed by various groups across the country.