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We'd like to give you an exclusive first look at this season's opera production, Leoš Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen. Conducted by Franz Welser-Möst and featuring an internationally-renowned cast of singers, this unique, made-for-Cleveland production will feature stunning digital animation, projected behind the Orchestra on three giant 26-foot screens. This production diary is the first of four that will take you behind the scenes and immerse you in the creation of this innovative production. See YouTube link for details: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O1T2j3PPFs&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=mail2&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TheMakingofTheCunningLittleVixen%3AProductionDiary%231

We probably won't see Cleveland Orchestra maestro Franz Welser-Most hangin' out at Cavs courtside with hip-hop mogul Jay-Z anytime soon. But the Cleveland Orchestra is still doing its part to cheer Cavaliers to victory in the NBA Playoffs.. The musicians of orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus teamed up with conductor Robert Porco to make a Go Cavs viral video featuring a performance of the "O Fortuna" chorus of Carl Orff's sweeping masterpiece, "Carmina Burana." The video, filmed in partnership with WVIZ/PBSideastream, comes complete with shout outs from percussionist Richard Weiner, contrabassoonist Jonathan Sherwin and cellist Martha Baldwin (who even...