by Daniel Hathaway
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. Repeating and one-off events including the world premiere of a new opera
. International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Gideon Klein
. Bits & pieces from classical music history
THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS:
Keep an ear out for repeating events this weekend: you have three opportunities each to catch the debuts of Oberlin Winter Term Opera’s Alice Tierney and Trobár Medieval’s program, “Daughters of Light.”
CityMusic Cleveland’s Baroque Ensemble features “Music in the Time of Goya” on Friday, and Saturday’s lineup includes Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and the Musical Theater Project’s tribute to Johnny Mercer and his collaborators, and Cuban and Spanish music by René Izquierdo on the Cleveland Classical Guitar Society’s International Series. [Read more…]
When composer Melissa Dunphy and her husband purchased a Philadelphia property that was in foreclosure, they saw it as an opportunity to own what could become a small performing arts space in a prime location. “It’s only an eight-minute walk to the Liberty Bell,” Dunphy said during a telephone conversation. Little did they know that what lay beneath the foundation of the former Magic Theater would reveal a story worthy of a made-for-television cold case mystery. Or better yet, an opera.
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Until administrators in Imperial Rome began fiddling with the calendar, the year very sensibly began in March with the reblooming of nature, rather than in January when “dogs are sticking to the sidewalks” and it can seem like the beginning of a new Ice Age, as in Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of our Teeth. But the Northeast Ohio concert calendar is already bustling with activity. Here’s a rundown for the next four weeks.