“Mozart and Salieri” is a dramatic, powerful chamber opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The story of Mozart and Salieri brought to life by the glorious opera music of Rimsky-Korsakov to the original story by Aleksander Pushkin may be known to you from Miloš Forman’s film Amadeus. The production is costumed and staged with sets. This one-hour opera sung in English by fabulous opera voices accompanied by an instrumental ensemble.

For more information, please visit https://theclevelandopera.org/mozart-salieri or email dorota@theclevelandopera.org

Featuring:

Brian Skoog tenor as Mozart

Jason Fuh baritone as Salieri

Jacek Sobieski piano direction

Wanda Sobieska violin/viola

Kent Collier cello

Dorota Sobieska stage director

The Cleveland Opera brings this powerful drama and music to you in 5 performances in Northeast Ohio venues:

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 7:00 pm

Beachwood Branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library

25501 Shaker Boulevard

Beachwood OH 44122

(corner of Shaker & Richmond)

Friday, May 5, 2023 at 7:30 pm

Saint Cyprian Catholic Church

4223 Middle Ridge Road

Perry OH 44081

Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 12:00 pm

Immanuel Lutheran Church

2928 Scranton Rd.

Cleveland OH 44113

Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 7:30 pm

First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland

3630 Fairmount Blvd.

Shaker Heights OH 44118

Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 4:00 pm

Shrine Church of Saint Stanislaus

3649 East 65th Street

Cleveland OH 44105

About the Opera

When a masterful composer gets inspired by a literary genius the result is Mozart and Salieri – a one-act opera composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1897 to a Russian libretto taken almost verbatim from Alexander Pushkin’s 1830 verse drama of the same name. The story was widely popularized by Miloš Forman’s 1984 film Amadeus.

The story follows the apocryphal legend that Antonio Salieri poisoned Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart out of jealousy over the latter’s music. Rimsky-Korsakov incorporated quotations from Mozart’s Requiem and Don Giovanni into the score.

The truthfulness of this thrilling legend may be dubious, but the excitement of the drama of extreme artistic jealousy remains powerfully attractive, especially when the opera is sung by two fantastic voices who are also brilliant actors.

Free and open to the public. Free-will donations gratefully accepted.