POULENC La voix humaine
J.S. BACH Concerto from Komm, Jesu, komm
USTVOLSKAYA Symphony No. 5, “Amen”
J.S. BACH Aria from Komm, Jesu, komm
R. STRAUSS Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Sarah Aristidou, soprano
Tony Sias, narrator
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
The full range of human emotion is on display in this unique program curated by Franz Welser-Möst as part of the 2025 Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival. The evening kicks off with the crushing emotional depth of Poulenc’s La voix humaine, a gripping monodrama starring French soprano Sarah Aristidou. Interwoven with a sacred motet by Bach, Ustvolskaya’s somber and haunting Fifth Symphony premiered months before the dissolution of the Soviet Union and is scored for only five solo instruments and narrator. The program concludes with Richard Strauss’s Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten, an opera he considered his “most important work.”
This program’s Concert Preview lectures will be presented by James Wilding, Professor of Theory & Composition, University of Akron.
Also Sprach Zarathustra (2/7/25-2/9/25)
Bruckner’s Seventh (2/13/25-2/15/25)
The Music of John Williams (2/14/25-2/16/25)
Adès Conducts Adès (2/20/25-2/22/25)
The Princess Bride (film with live orchestral underscore) (2/21/25-2/21/25)
Beethoven’s Eroica (2/27/25-3/1/25)
Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony (3/6/25-3/9/25)
Haydn & Strauss (3/13/25-3/15/25)
Haydn & Stravinsky (3/14/25-3/14/25)
Bach’s Easter Oratorio (4/17/25-4/19/25)
Mozart and Elgar (4/24/25-4/26/25)
Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 (5/8/25-5/10/25)
Janáček's Jenůfa (5/17/25-5/25/25)
Severance Music Center is at 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH.
Brahms's Violin Concerto (1/16/25-1/18/25)
An American in Paris (1/9/25-1/12/25)
Cleveland Orchestra Holiday Concerts (12/11/24-12/22/24)
Ax Plays Mozart (12/5/24-12/7/24)
Rhapsody in Blue (11/29/24-12/1/24)
Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto (11/21/24-11/23/24)
Beethoven Piano Concerto Cycle Program 3 (11/15/24-11/17/24)
Beethoven Piano Concerto 2 & 4 (11/9/24-11/12/24)
Beethoven Piano Concerto Cycle Program 1 (11/6/24-11/7/24)
Tan Dun Conducts Tan Dun (10/31/24-11/2/24)
Videos
Quiereme Hasta La Locura (Love me until madness)
LatinUs Theater Company (2/14 - 3/2) COMEDY | ||
Ghost: The Musical
La Comedia (1/10 - 2/9) DAYTON PREMIERE
PHOTOS
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Between the Lines
Senney Theatre (5/2 - 5/11) | ||
Also Sprach Zarathustra
Severance Music Center (2/7 - 2/9) | ||
Beautiful, The Musical
Weathervane Playhouse, Akron (6/19 - 7/13) | ||
The Lion King Live in Concert
Blossom Music Center (8/29 - 8/31) | ||
The Wizard of Oz
Daniel B Ross Performing Arts Center (2/6 - 2/9) | ||
& Juliet
Connor Palace - Cleveland (3/4 - 3/23) | ||
The Princess Bride (film with live orchestral underscore)
Severance Music Center (2/21 - 2/21) | ||
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