by Kelly Ferjutz
Special to ClevelandClassical.com
If you blink during the momentary lights-out between the end of the overture and the curtain going up, you might think you’ve somehow been transported to Paris in 1929. Time-travel, perhaps? Ohio Light Opera’s production of Fifty Million Frenchmen in Freedlander Theater at the College of Wooster is very realistic, to be sure, and totally enjoyable, but then, what’s not to like in a Cole Porter creation? His insouciant music and beguiling lyrics can support just about any plot imaginable. But this one, by Herbert Fields, is downright perfect. [Read more…]
Usually, the celebration of an anniversary results in gifts offered by the visitors to the host. But not this time! 
The year 1924 features strongly in the 2017 season at Ohio Light Opera. No fewer than three of the seven scores date from that year — and all are vastly different from each other in setting, style, and country of origin. 
There should be something for every taste in Ohio Light Opera’s premiere production of 
It’s common for productions of lyric theatre works to be placed in countries other than their original setting. But