93 stories by "Zachary Lewis"
In mounting a fully staged production of "The Barber of Seville," the actors and leaders of Cleveland Opera Theater want more than anything else to have fun and make people laugh.
Cleveland Opera Theater's upcoming free outdoor concert at Dunham Tavern is about as far as it's possible to get from opera as depicted in popular culture.
For the cast and directors of "Madama Butterfly" at Cleveland Opera Theater, the work they're staging this week is a creation not only beautiful and powerful but also timely.
After decades performing in with major houses in Australia and London, far from the woman who is now his wife, former Sydney Opera House concertmaster Aubrey Murphy has taken up with Clevela…
In a serendipitous and rare turn of events, dancers Damien Highfield and Felise Bagley, longtime members of GroundWorks DanceTheater, are retiring at the same time, after careers of more tha…
Motivated by a desire to create a quality new work for families with young children, Inlet Dance Theatre developed a show out of the best-selling children's book "What Do You Do With An…
On Saturday, members of Cleveland's Verb Ballets departed for Havana, where they will spend time soaking up the culture and performing with Cuba's ProDanza under the name Cleveland Havana Ba…
Via collaborations with schools, guest singers, and local composers, Cleveland Opera Theater will pull back the curtain to reveal how opera these days comes into being and prove that opera r…
Born and bred in Brazil, Grupo Corpo, now en route to the DanceCleveland series, is famous for conveying the spirit and flavor of its homeland, all without speaking a word.
With the Cleveland Orchestra last weekend, guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero reminded listeners why Tchaikovsky remains in permanent rotation, brought back a Copland classic, and supported …
Pianist Martha Argerich's Cleveland debut Monday evening with keyboard colleague Sergei Babayan was thrilling, a momentous display of virtuosity fueled by artistic understanding and long per…
Hoping to foster deeper appreciation for the films of Man Ray, Squrl with Jim Jarmusch will present a concert of live, largely spontaneous soundtracks to four of the artist's silent films.
The production conceived in 2014 by Yuval Sharon for the Cleveland Orchestra remains a visual and sonic delight, and a groundbreaker. The performances haven't slipped, either.
Playing to a sizeable crowd on another picture-perfect evening at Blossom, conductor Gustavo Gimeno and the Cleveland Orchestra Saturday brought to vivid life both Stravinsky's Suite from &q…
In an ongoing effort to welcome as many people into the operatic fold as possible, Cleveland Opera Theater will again stage a free concert in a festive atmosphere at Cleveland's Dunham Taver…
In addition to reprising two recent works, Groundworks DanceTheater this weekend at Cain Park plans to premiere a new sports-themed piece by Monica Bill Barnes.
Not only did GroundWorks DanceTheater's Spring Dance Series coalesce around a theme of connections. It did so entirely by accident and in a manner that exemplifies that very theme.
The sold-out performances by Dance Theatre of Harlem Saturday at Playhouse Square attested to Northeast Ohio's thirst to once again see the historic company in action.
En route to the DanceCleveland series this week of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the famed New York dance troupe is recommitting to inclusivity, underscoring its belief that ballet can and sho…
A veritable smorgasbord of new opera, Cleveland Opera Theater's upcoming NOW Festival is nothing if not a testament to the health of the art.
There's a reason so many high-level musicians are also athletes. From the neurological responses they induce to their physical benefits and effects on overall health, exercise and the making…
Apollo's Fire returned to Venice for the second concert of its 25th anniversary season with a stylish, diverse program titled "Love in Venice."
Over the course of its DanceCleveland debut Saturday night at Playhouse Square, Los Angeles-based BodyTraffic will take up a mostly gestural work as well as pieces rooted in breakdancing, ba…
"I can do what I want now with music," said Robert Vernon, the newly retired principal viola emeritus of the Cleveland Orchestra, after an unprecedented career of 40 years.
Little more than a dream as recently as three years ago, the nation's second dedicated dance-creation facility, based at the University of Akron, is now not only up and running but also led …
