“Fall in Love” …With The Cleveland Opera

CLEVELAND, OH- The Cleveland Opera opens its 22nd season with a series of free concerts, open to the public. The “little opera company that could” was founded in 1995 as “Opera Circle” by husband and wife team Dorota Sobieska, Executive Artistic Director and Jacek Sobieski, Music Director. Since then, the company has grown significantly and has presented a full-scale production at Playhouse Square’s Ohio Theatre annually since 2013.

Last year the company changed its name to The Cleveland Opera to properly reflect its preeminent role in the region’s cultural landscape. The Cleveland Opera continues the mission on which the company was founded: opening the magical world of opera to everyone by presenting both beloved and unknown masterpieces to help us see the beauty within every person.

The first concert in the series is “Fall in Love” …With The Cleveland Opera. The concert opens with the toast -- Brindisi -- from Verdi's La Traviata, followed by the most famous arias and duets of Violetta, Alfredo, and his father Giorgio Germont. Other beloved duets include that of Nedda & Silvio from I Pagliacci by Leoncavallo; the Mimi-Rodolfo duet from Act 1 of La Bohème by Puccini; and the duet from The Pearl Fishers by Bizet. Lighter repertoire for this program will include selections from contemporary American musicals sung in English. The featured artists are Dorota Sobieska, soprano; Kyle Kelvington, tenor; Jeremy Gilpatric, baritone; and Jacek Sobieski, piano & music director.

There are three opportunities to “Fall in Love”: Sunday, October 22, 2017 at 3:00 pm at the Polish-American Cultural Center, 6501 Lansing Avenue, Cleveland OH 44105; Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 3:00 pm at Solon Community Church, 33955 Sherbrook Park Drive, Solon OH 44139; and Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 3:00 pm, at Coach House Theater at the Akron Woman’s City Club, 732 W Exchange St, Akron, OH 44302. All three performances are FREE and open to the public. Free-will donations will be gratefully accepted.

The season continues with two more free offerings: Two Portraits of Schumann runs in November and December and Marriage by Lantern-Light by Offenbach runs in January. In March The Cleveland Opera presents Verdi’s beloved La Traviata, and the company returns to Playhouse Square with The Haunted Manor in June. Visit https://theclevelandopera.org/ for more information.