In mounting a fully staged production of "The Barber of Seville," the actors and leaders of Cleveland Opera Theater want more than anything else to have fun and make people laugh.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AMCleveland Opera Theater's upcoming free outdoor concert at Dunham Tavern is about as far as it's possible to get from opera as depicted in popular culture.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 08:17AMFor the cast and directors of "Madama Butterfly" at Cleveland Opera Theater, the work they're staging this week is a creation not only beautiful and powerful but also timely.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:45AMAfter decades performing in with major houses in Australia and London, far from the woman who is now his wife, former Sydney Opera House concertmaster Aubrey Murphy has taken up with Clevela…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:00AMIn a serendipitous and rare turn of events, dancers Damien Highfield and Felise Bagley, longtime members of GroundWorks DanceTheater, are retiring at the same time, after careers of more tha…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:52AMMotivated by a desire to create a quality new work for families with young children, Inlet Dance Theatre developed a show out of the best-selling children's book "What Do You Do With An…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:09AMOn Saturday, members of Cleveland's Verb Ballets departed for Havana, where they will spend time soaking up the culture and performing with Cuba's ProDanza under the name Cleveland Havana Ba…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:06PMVia collaborations with schools, guest singers, and local composers, Cleveland Opera Theater will pull back the curtain to reveal how opera these days comes into being and prove that opera r…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:38PMBorn and bred in Brazil, Grupo Corpo, now en route to the DanceCleveland series, is famous for conveying the spirit and flavor of its homeland, all without speaking a word.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:25PMWith the Cleveland Orchestra last weekend, guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero reminded listeners why Tchaikovsky remains in permanent rotation, brought back a Copland classic, and supported …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:53AMPianist Martha Argerich's Cleveland debut Monday evening with keyboard colleague Sergei Babayan was thrilling, a momentous display of virtuosity fueled by artistic understanding and long per…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:19PMHoping to foster deeper appreciation for the films of Man Ray, Squrl with Jim Jarmusch will present a concert of live, largely spontaneous soundtracks to four of the artist's silent films.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:10AMThe production conceived in 2014 by Yuval Sharon for the Cleveland Orchestra remains a visual and sonic delight, and a groundbreaker. The performances haven't slipped, either.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:56PMPlaying to a sizeable crowd on another picture-perfect evening at Blossom, conductor Gustavo Gimeno and the Cleveland Orchestra Saturday brought to vivid life both Stravinsky's Suite from &q…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:29AMIn an ongoing effort to welcome as many people into the operatic fold as possible, Cleveland Opera Theater will again stage a free concert in a festive atmosphere at Cleveland's Dunham Taver…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:24AMIn addition to reprising two recent works, Groundworks DanceTheater this weekend at Cain Park plans to premiere a new sports-themed piece by Monica Bill Barnes.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 07:04AMNot only did GroundWorks DanceTheater's Spring Dance Series coalesce around a theme of connections. It did so entirely by accident and in a manner that exemplifies that very theme.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 08:54AMThe sold-out performances by Dance Theatre of Harlem Saturday at Playhouse Square attested to Northeast Ohio's thirst to once again see the historic company in action.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:00AMEn route to the DanceCleveland series this week of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the famed New York dance troupe is recommitting to inclusivity, underscoring its belief that ballet can and sho…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:17AMA veritable smorgasbord of new opera, Cleveland Opera Theater's upcoming NOW Festival is nothing if not a testament to the health of the art.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 01:32PMThere's a reason so many high-level musicians are also athletes. From the neurological responses they induce to their physical benefits and effects on overall health, exercise and the making…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 01:09PMApollo's Fire returned to Venice for the second concert of its 25th anniversary season with a stylish, diverse program titled "Love in Venice."
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 04:00PMOver the course of its DanceCleveland debut Saturday night at Playhouse Square, Los Angeles-based BodyTraffic will take up a mostly gestural work as well as pieces rooted in breakdancing, ba…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:38PM"I can do what I want now with music," said Robert Vernon, the newly retired principal viola emeritus of the Cleveland Orchestra, after an unprecedented career of 40 years.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 01:17PMLittle more than a dream as recently as three years ago, the nation's second dedicated dance-creation facility, based at the University of Akron, is now not only up and running but also led …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:36AMSome, at Cleveland Opera Theater's free concert Sunday at Dunham Tavern, will hang on every note. Everyone else, meanwhile, will just soak up the vibe, along with gourmet food and wine, and …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 08:24PMIf any artist in Cleveland ranks as a national treasure, surely it's choreographer Dianne McIntyre. The Doris Duke Artist Award she received last month, the latest in a string of high-level …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 08:18AMFor its 2016 season beginning June 18, Ohio Light Opera has planned an eclectic mix of obscure works from deep within the German, French and American songbooks as well as first-time performa…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:46AMSaturday night at the Ohio Theatre, Opera Circle concluded its season with a new production of Verdi's "Il Trovatore," restructuring the work as a sequence of eight scenes that emp…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 02:37PMFor its last production of the season, Cleveland's Opera Circle is expanding considerably, taking on a score -- Verdi's "Il Trovatore" -- that demands its utmost on every front.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:17PMCiting the creation of an environment in which it would be "impossible for me to continue," soprano and Cleveland Opera Theater founder Andrea Anelli this week announced that she h…
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