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Plain Dealer, Cleveland, March
11, 2008 |
by Donald Rosenberg |
Cleveland Orchestra patrons treated to dinner during blizzard
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The snowstorm that prompted the Cleveland
Orchestra to cancel its concert Saturday at Severance Hall didn't stop
about 40 fans from showing up.
They were rewarded for their perseverance with a complimentary dinner and
parking and an impromptu recital in Reinberger Chamber Hall by the two
noted vocalists who were scheduled to perform Mahler's "Das Lied von der
Erde" that night with the orchestra and music director Franz Welser-Most.
Tenor Jonas Kaufmann and baritone Christopher Maltman sang arias and duets
from operas by Rossini, Mozart, Verdi, Gounod and Puccini with pianist
John Simmons, opera coach and assistant music director of the opera
program at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
The last time the orchestra cancelled a concert due to blizzard conditions
was in January 1978. |
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