Name: A Night at the Opera
Start: 2026-08-13T19:00:00
Location: Severance Music Center

Latonia Moore

Brandon Jovanovich

John Fiore

The Cleveland Orchestra

Blossom Festival Chorus

This fusion oratorio speaks with a fresh and bold voice, incorporating a variety of musical styles seamlessly woven into a unified whole. Johnson sets a wide range of poetic and soulful texts by poets including Michael Dennis Browne, Lesléa Newman, Hildegard of Bingen and Rumi. Passages from Matt’s personal journal, interviews and writings from his parents Judy and Dennis Shepard, newspaper reports, and additional texts by Johnson and Browne are poignantly appointed throughout the work.

Considering Matthew Shepard

Severance Music Center

The Cleveland Orchestra returns to Cain Park! Join us for a free community concert in the heart of Cleveland Heights, performed under the direction of Black Panther conductor Anthony Parnther. Enjoy classic favorites, from John Williams to Dvořák, as well as new pieces you might not have heard before.

The Cleveland Orchestra recognizes and thanks Jayne M. Zborowsky for her support of this concert.

2026 Cain Park Community Concert

The sweeping passion and drama of opera come to vivid life on the stage of Severance Music Center. Grammy-winning soprano Latonia Moore, tenor Brandon Jovanovich, the Blossom Festival Chorus, and conductor John Fiore present an evening of operatic highlights, including the beloved “Nessun dorma” from Puccini’s Turandot, the rousing “Anvil Chorus” from Verdi’s Il trovatore, and much more.