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.
Tan Dun Conducts Tan Dun (10/31/24-11/2/24)
Beethoven Piano Concerto Cycle Program 1 (11/6/24-11/7/24)
Beethoven Piano Concerto 2 & 4 (11/9/24-11/12/24)
Beethoven Piano Concerto Cycle Program 3 (11/15/24-11/17/24)
Mahler's Song of the Earth (11/21/24-11/23/24)
Rhapsody in Blue (11/29/24-12/1/24)
Ax Plays Mozart (12/5/24-12/7/24)
Cleveland Orchestra Holiday Concerts (12/11/24-12/22/24)
An American in Paris (1/9/25-1/12/25)
Hahn Plays Brahms (1/16/25-1/18/25)
Also Sprach Zarathustra (2/7/25-2/9/25)
Bruckner’s Seventh (2/13/25-2/15/25)
Adès Conducts Adès (2/20/25-2/22/25)
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.
Mozart & Bruckner (8/15/24-8/15/24)
Dvořák’s Sixth Symphony (7/25/24-7/25/24)
Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody (7/11/24-7/11/24)
United in Song! A Free Community Choral Celebration (5/25/24-5/25/24)
Mozart's Gran Partita (5/23/24-5/25/24)
Terence Blanchard and Friends: A Celebration of Wayne Shorter (5/21/24-5/21/24)
Power Dynamics: Diverse Perspectives on Classical Music (5/19/24-5/19/24)
The Magic Flute for Kids (5/18/24-5/18/24)
Conrad Tao in Recital: Power and Influence (5/17/24-5/17/24)
An Evening with Kai Bird (5/15/24-5/15/24)
Videos
Some Like it Hot
Playhouse Square (11/5 - 11/24) | ||
Mean Girls
Playhouse Square (10/29 - 11/3) | ||
Rhapsody in Blue
Severance Music Center (11/29 - 12/1) | ||
Between the Lines
Senney Theatre (5/2 - 5/11) | ||
A Chorus Line
Senney Theater (7/11 - 8/10) | ||
Mahler's Song of the Earth
Severance Music Center (11/21 - 11/23) | ||
Mozart’s Symphony No. 40
Severance Music Center (5/8 - 5/10) | ||
The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
Roe Green Theatre (11/15 - 11/24) | ||
Bruckner’s Seventh
Severance Music Center (2/13 - 2/15) | ||
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