Franz Welser-Möst conducts
DVORÁK
Rusalka

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To see a video interview with Franz Welser-Möst as he speaks about Rusalka, click here. This interview was prepared by NPR radio station WKSU.

Based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen, Rusalka is a passionate tale of love and longing told through lush Romantic music, full of passion, beauty and heartache. Rusalka’s bittersweet “Song to the Moon” will make you smile – and break your heart.

Hear Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, The Cleveland Orchestra and an internationally renowned cast in Rusalka. The Cleveland Orchestra’s performances of Rusalka at the Salzburg Festival in August 2008 are already sold-out. Order your tickets for these Severance Hall opera-in-concert performances today. This is the only opportunity in the world to hear Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra perform Dvorák’s Rusalka!


DVORÁK Rusalka
Thursday, June 5 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 7 at 7 p.m.
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Camilla Nylund, soprano (Rusalka)
Piotr Beczala, tenor (Prince)
Emily Magee, soprano (Foreign Princess)
Alan Held, bass-baritone (Vodnik)
Birgit Remmert, mezzo-soprano (Jezibaba)
Members of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
Opera-in-concert, sung in Czeck with English surtitles




FREE RUSALKA OPERA LECTURES
May 30 and May 31

Come out for the free Rusalka lecture in Reinberger Chamber Hall on Friday, May 30 at 7:00 p.m. by Dvorák expert Michael Beckerman, Professor of Music at New York University and contributing writer to the New York Times. Free admission, but reservations are required; click here or call (216) 231-1111.
This free opera preview lecture will be repeated on Saturday, May 31 at the following times and locations:

10:00 a.m.: Cuyahoga County Public Library: Beachwood Branch
25501 Shaker Boulevard. For reservations, call (216) 831-6868.
(Presented by The Cleveland Orchestra in partnership with Opera Circle/Operatic Adventures and Cuyahoga County Public Library)

1:00 p.m.: Westlake Porter Library
27333 Center Ridge Road, Westlake. Please call (216) 871-2600 for reservations.
(Presented by The Cleveland Orchestra in partnership with West Short Arts Council/FYI)

"Song to the Moon" music under license of Naxos of America, Inc.