<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18142"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18129">The Cleveland Opera opens its 22<sup id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18130">nd</sup> season with a series of
free concerts, open to the public. </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18142"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18142"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18199">The first concert in the
series is “Fall in Love” …</span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18200">With The
Cleveland Opera</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18201">.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18202"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18203">The concert opens
with the toast -- Brindisi -- from Verdi's </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18204">La
Traviata</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18205">, followed by the most famous arias and duets of Violetta, Alfredo,
and his father Giorgio Germont.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18206"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18207">Other
beloved duets include that of Nedda & Silvio from </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18208">I Pagliacci</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18209"> by Leoncavallo; the Mimi-Rodolfo duet from Act 1 of </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18210">La Bohème</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18211"> by Puccini; and the duet from </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18212">The Pearl Fishers</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18213"> by Bizet.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18214"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18215">Lighter repertoire for this program will
include selections from contemporary American musicals sung in English.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18216"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18217">The featured artists are Dorota Sobieska,
soprano; Kyle Kelvington, tenor; Jeremy Gilpatric, baritone; and Jacek
Sobieski, piano & music director.</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18142"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:justify" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18261"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18262"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18263">Sunday,
November 5, 2017 at 3:00 pm</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18264">, at Coach House Theater at the Akron
Woman’s City Club, 732 W Exchange St, Akron, OH 44302. FREE and open to
the public. Free-will donations will be gratefully accepted.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18265"></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align:justify" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18218"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18219"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509713112007_18220"></o:p></span></div></div></body></html>