Our 2008/2009 concert season brochure is now available for download (5MB) in PDF format. The brochure contains details of every show in our concert season, and includes a printable order form for those who wish to purchase season tickets. Viewing and printing the brochure requires the free Adobe Reader.
  

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song samples from

Classical Mystery Tour

live performances

Friday, October 24, 2008 - 8:00 p.m.
Classical Mystery Tour
Severance Hall

Classical Mystery Tour features original members of Broadway’s BEATLEMANIA performing live with the soaring power of the great Cleveland POPS. A full concert devoted to your Beatles' favorites, including All You Need is Love, Penny Lane, Eleanor Rigby, Twist and Shout, Sergeant Pepper, Hey Jude, Yellow Submarine and many more.

Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 3 p.m. matinee
Cirque de la Symphonie
Palace Theatre

                               
Palace Theatre seating chart

CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE is an amazing and entertaining combination of top acts of the internationally renowned CIRQUE DE SOLEIL who will perform dazzling feats and breathtaking acrobatics, accompanied by the acclaimed Cleveland POPS and soloists Susan Hesse and Gordon Leigh Petitt. It is a fun and fantasy-filled holiday concert complete with your favorite Yuletide music. This is entertainment the whole family will enjoy, from music of the Christmas season and of Hanukkah to popular seasonal tunes from the great American songbook. Santa Claus will make his annual visit to PlayhouseSquare and children will enjoy playing with lovable puppies and kittens brought in from local rescue shelters.

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3 Redneck Tenors

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 9:00 p.m.
13th Annual New Year's Eve Concert and Dance
Severance Hall

Move over Times Square. For thirteen years Northeast Ohioans have found a better way to celebrate the New Year. This year, the emphasis will be on great music and laughs a-plenty. Come see, hear and laugh at The 3 Redneck Tenors Billy Bob, Billy Joe and Billy Billee. Straight from their sell-out show at The Luxor in Las Vegas, these three funny and lovable rednecks also happen to possess big-time operatic voices. Discover how these talented country boys rise from the sticks to the big-time destination of Carnegie Hall. Along the way, you're treated to an incredible musical adventure packed with unbelievable tunes and of course, lots of laughs. It's down home laughs, big city music. Enjoy this unbelievable concert, followed by the POPS traditional social dancing and New Year's Eve celebrating, cash bars and fantastic balloon drop at midnight. The POPS' two-hour New Year's Eve concert begins at 9:00 p.m., followed at 11:00 p.m. by social dancing to two bands in two locations at Severance Hall. Dancing continues through the midnight hour and ends around 1:00 a.m. on New Year's Day.

Margo Watson

soprano

Michael Lackey

baritone

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Cleveland POPS discounted

Valentine hotel package

Friday, February 13, 2009 - 8:00 p.m.
An Old-Fashioned Valentine
Severance Hall

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POPS audience favorites soprano Margo Watson and baritone Michael Lackey join Carl Topilow and the orchestra in singing popular romantic songs and duets. In the spirit of Valentine's Day, you'll hear beloved selections from stage, screen and the American song book, including timeless themes from "Titanic," "Gone With the Wind," "Aladdin," "Beauty and the Beast, " "Phantom of the Opera," and a medley of Billy Joel's most famous hits. Dancers Brooke Wesner and Brian Murphy from NEOS Dance Theatre will provide romantic moves to  Gershwin's "An American in Paris." Seven-year-old award-winning singer Isabela Moner will steal your heart with her beautiful rendition of "Over the Rainbow. Cupid has hit his mark with this perfect treat for sweethearts.
  

TOP OFF THE FABULOUS CLEVELAND POPS VALENTINE'S CELEBRATION WITH AN EQUALLY FABULOUS OVERNIGHT STAY AT THE INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL

Cleveland POPS and InterContinental Hotel offer you a low-cost way to extend your Valentine's Day weekend fun. Click here for all the details or call the POPS office at (216) 765-7677 and ask about our special overnight package rates at nearby InterContinental Hotel or InterContinetal Suites, including a deluxe suite and breakfast at a low, low Cleveland POPS price. The InterContinental will even park your car and shuttle you to and from Severance Hall. All safe and sound.

Marc Kudisch

baritone

Lisa Vroman

soprano

Hugh Panaro

tenor

Saturday, March 7, 2009 - 8:00 p.m.
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Severance Hall

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Cleveland POPS presents a blazing tribute to arguably the greatest team of creators in the history of American Musical Theater. This is a POPS' extravaganza you will have to see to believe. The orchestra is joined by Broadway singers Marc Kudisch, Lisa Vroman and Hugh Panaro. The cast of international superstars is joined by local favorites: the North Coast Men's Chorus and The Chamber Choir of Beck Center. The legendary composer and lyricist will be celebrated with a performance of their timeless hits form "The Sound of Music," "The King and I," "Carousel," "South Pacific," "Oklahoma" among others.

Carl Tanner

tenor

Laura Pedersen

soprano

Carl Tanner is sponsored by

Sam and Maria Miller

Saturday, April 4, 2009 - 8:00 p.m.
Bella Notte, with tenor Carl Tanner
Severance Hall

Venice, Naples, Rome, the sights, sounds and especially the music of Italy is intoxicating. We toast the music of Italy, with popular arias and ballads you will all recognize and sing along. Carl Topilow concucts the Cleveland POPS in an evening of Italian favorites, featuring the beautiful voices of reigning tenor Carl Tanner and fast-rising American soprano Laura Pedersen. You'll hear familiar arieas from "Turandot," "La Boheme," "I Pagliacci" along with beautifully sung Neapolitan ballads. This is truly a night for Bravo, Brava, Bravissimi!

Saxton's Cornet Band
  

Jim Getty in his

nationally acclaimed portrayal

of our sixteenth president

Friday, May 22, 2009 - 8:00 p.m.
9th Annual Salute to our Armed Forces
Severance Hall

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. PRESIDENT. Join Carl Topilow and the POPS for a "surprise" 200th birthday party in honor of President Abraham Lincoln. Meet our sixteenth president in person and experience authentic music of the Civil War era by our guest artists, Saxton's Cornet Band. They recreate, with astounding historical accuracy, the band music Lincoln heard during his stay at the White House. The amazing Mutual Gifts Gospel Choir will also be featured. Hear the theme from the movie "Gettysburg." Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" as narrated by the President himself, the moving "Ashokan Farewell," Sousa marches, spirituals, a rousing patriotic sing-along and the moving medley of Armed Forces theme songs.

You've heard Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" many times, but have you heard the not-so-famous, but very funny "1712 Overture" by P.D.Q. Bach (aka: Peter Schekele.)  Be prepared for a real treat.