L’amico Fritz
by Pietro Mascagni
- Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 7:30 pm
- Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 4:00 pm
- presented in the Spahr Center
A chamber production of this beautiful opera
brought to life with soloists, costumes,
instrumental ensemble, staging, and chorus.
English translation projected.
Free general admission, with free-will offerings.
If you would like to sponsor this concert with a donation of $35 per person,
we will be happy to reserve a select seat for you,
especially marked with your name on it.
With L’amico Fritz in 2024, The Cleveland Opera wants to focus on its gratitude to individuals, without whose leadership and generosity the organization could not exist. For this celebration, we have chosen an opera that is guaranteed to charm all opera lovers, a story of beauty and love expressed through Mascagni’s best music.
Our production of L’amico Fritz honors our former President Dr. Howard Simon and his wife Beth Simon under whose leadership our organization made tremendous progress and blossomed for many years, including a series of opera productions at Playhouse Square. At the same time, we are grateful to all our outstanding Presidents from the company’s inception to the present: Eugene Trela, Richard Konisiewicz, Eugene Bak, Elliot Schultz, Dr. Howard Simon, Constance Adams, and currently Dr. Kathleen Grieser.
Our special gratitude goes to our leading donors, this time especially to Dr. Clive Hamlin and Dr. Edward Godleski. The Cleveland Opera deeply appreciates all contributions and all support from individuals. Opera lovers in Cleveland admire you and appreciate your involvement.
Our production of L’amico Fritz features
- Tim Culver, tenor, Fritz Kobus
- Dorota Sobieska, soprano, Suzel
- Brian Keith Johnson, baritone, Rabbi David
- Amanda Fargo, mezzo-soprano, Beppe
- Sam Gross, tenor, Federico
- Jason Fuh, baritone, Hanezo
- Nicole Wong, soprano, Caterina
- Wanda Sobieska, violin
- Alvaro Molina, violin
- Joshua Bowman, viola
- David Londoño, cello
- Daniel Paterson, double bass
- Robert Davis, clarinet
- Chorus & Instrumental Ensemble
under the piano direction of Jacek Sobieski