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Cleveland Ballet Stages Full-Length ‘Giselle’ at Playhouse Square’s Connor Palace
Cleveland Ballet is embracing the Halloween spirit with the ghostly Romantic-era classic Giselle, presented October 23 and 24, 2026, at Playhouse Square’s Connor Palace in Cleveland.
The full-length production features Anna Cole in the title role, leading the company’s 23 dancers. The company’s apprentice ranks have nearly doubled to 13 this season, allowing the stage to fill with 24 Wilis — the spirits of betrayed young women — in the second act’s iconic scene.
Performances include a student matinee at 10:30 a.m. and an evening performance at 7 p.m. on Friday, October 23, and 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. performances on Saturday, October 24, at the Connor Palace, 1615 Euclid Avenue. Tickets start at $38.
With this production of Giselle, the company takes another big step in the steady growth of its repertoire and production values since 2023, standing alongside Ohio’s other anchor ballet companies. For tickets and information, visit cleveballet.org/giselle.
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WQXR and Carnegie Hall have announced the lineup for the 2026–27 season of Carnegie Hall Live, the broadcast series that brings performances from the legendary New York venue to audiences nationwide and around the world. Now in its 16th season, the series airs live on WQXR-FM and streams at WQXR.org and CarnegieHall.org, with broadcasts also distributed to public radio stations across the country.
The season opened on October 9 with the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Kirill Petrenko, joined by pianist Víkingur Ólafsson in a program of Brahms and Strauss — part of the orchestra’s four-concert Carnegie Hall residency that launched the Hall’s 2026–27 season.
Among the season’s highlights, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s performs an all-Berlioz program on November 5, 2026, led by Louis Langrée and starring tenor Benjamin Bernheim in a rare New York appearance, pairing Les nuits d’été with the Symphonie fantastique. On January 19, 2027, Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, with soloists Golda Schultz, Taylor Raven, Julian Prégardien, and Anthony Robin Schneider.
The series also carries performances by the Vienna Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra as part of Carnegie Hall’s season-long Mahler symphony cycle led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, alongside chamber music programs spotlighting Beethoven and Brahms.
Carnegie Hall Live is hosted by WNYC and WQXR’s John Schaefer, with guest hosts Elliott Forrest and Paul Cavalconte. The series is produced by WQXR in partnership with Carnegie Hall and American Public Media. For the full broadcast schedule, visit carnegiehall.org.
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