Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Variously bombastic, playful, and heart-wrenching, Carmina Burana is a sonic tour-de-force based on a collection of medieval poems about love, life, and nature. Osmo Vänksä leads The Cleveland Orchestra in this colossal work alongside the Blossom Festival Chorus, The Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus, and a roster of internationally celebrated soloists. The evening opens with a smaller, though no less epic, work — Sibelius’s En Saga, which evokes ancient folklore.

Performing Artists
The Cleveland Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Shelén Hughes, soprano
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
John Brancy, baritone
Blossom Festival Chorus
The Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus

For more information, visit: clevelandorchestra.com/attend/concerts-and-events/2526/blossom/carmina-burana