The Cleveland Orchestra: Franz Welser-Most - Die Frau ohne Schatten

The Cleveland Orchestra: Franz Welser-Most - Die Frau ohne Schatten at Severance Music Center

Strauss didn't write Die Frau ohne Schatten for casual background listening. He built an operatic world of towering emotion and orchestral detail. A live Cleveland performance lets you feel the full scale of that ambition.

The event also carries real historical weight. Franz Welser-Möst is in his 25th and final season as Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra, and the orchestra frames this production as a capstone to that partnership. That matters here because his name is not just attached to the program — it shapes the meaning of the performance.

Then there is the setting itself. Cleveland Orchestra is presenting the work as part of the Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival at Severance Music Center, which gives the performance a special place in the season rather than treating it like one more date on a calendar. If you want a serious operatic outing in Cleveland, this is the one that offers scale, drama, and a farewell-season edge all at once.

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