Sharon Louise Beach, 59, of Brainerd, died Feb. 18, 2012 at Essentia Health – St. Joseph’s Medical Center. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Feb. 22, at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter.

One of opera’s biggest rule-breakers will shift his coveted bandwidth in an unexpected direction: Yuval Sharon will serve as Long Beach Opera’s interim artistic director and dream up the 2021 ...