Beethoven’s Fidelio

Severance Music Center (The Cleveland Orchestra)

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• Date Saturday, May 16, 2026 - Sunday, May 24, 2026
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Long considered one of America’s great orchestras, The Cleveland Orchestra stands today among the world’s most-revered symphonic ensembles. In concerts at home in University Circle's Severance Music Center, at Blossom Music Center, and on tour, The Cleveland Orchestra continues to... more

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 21, 2026, at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 24, 2026, at 3 p.m. Severance Music Center The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Sara Jakubiak, soprano (Leonore) David Butt Philip, tenor (Florestan) Tomasz Konieczny, bass-baritone (Don Pizarro) Martin Summer, bass (Rocco) Dashon Burton, bass-baritone (Don Fernando) Ashley Emerson, soprano (Marzelline) Owen McCausland, tenor (Jaquino) The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus BEETHOVEN Fidelio Franz Welser-Möst lifts The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus and an all-star cast of soloists to the life-affirming heights of Beethoven’s only opera, a testament to courage and human nobility. Motivated by a desire for justice during a time of European turmoil, Fidelio decries corruption and sounds a clarion call for freedom in a riveting story that asks the question: How far would you go to save someone you love?