Mezzo soprano Laura Avdey from Opera Circle Cleveland sang Habanera from Carmen by George Bizet.
Laura Avdey
While mezzo soprano Laura Avdey sang Habanera ladies from the Cleveland Ballet danced.
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Baritone James Binion from Opera Circle Cleveland sang Largo al factotum from Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini.
James Binion
Then Baritone James Binion from Opera Circle Cleveland sang Votre toast from Carmen by George Bizet.
Tenor Mikhail Urusov of Opera Circle Cleveland sang Vesti la giubba from Pagliacci by Ruggero.
Mikhail Urusov
Soprano Dorota Sobieska and Tenor Mikhail Urosov sang Vogliatemi Neme from Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini accompanied by Wanda Sobieska on violin.
Dorota Sobieska and Mikhail Urosov
Soprano Dorota Sobieska and Tenor Jonathan Cilia Faro sang Tace il labbro from Merry Widow by Franz Lehar accompanied by Wanda Sobieska on violin.
While they performed, ladies from Cleveland Ballet danced.
Tenor Mikhail Urusov of Opera Circle Cleveland sang Dicitencello Vuie by Rodolfo Falvo.
Mikhail Urusov
Next, tenor Mikhail Urusov of Opera Circle Cleveland sang Mamma by Cesare Andrea Bixio.
Mikhail Urusov
11 year old Polina Kornyushenko sang La Danza (Tarantella napoletana) by Gioachino Rossini accompanied by her teacher and pianist Olga Druzhinina.
Polina Kornyushenko
Olga Druzhinina
Tenor Jonathan Cilia Faro sang Non ti scordar di me by Domenico Furno and Ernesto De Curtis.
Jonathan Cilia Faro
Soprano Dorota Sobieska and Tenor Jonathan Cilia Faro of Opera Circle Cleveland sang Ama credi e vai by Andrea Bocelli and David & Amy Foster.
Soprano Dorota Sobieska and Tenor Jonathan Cilia Faro
Jonathan Cilia Faro
Tenor Mikhail Urusov sang Granada by Agustin Lara.
While Urosov sang, ladies from Cleveland Ballet danced.
The grand finale was by tenors Mikhail Urusov and Jonathan Cilia Faro who sang Nessun Dorma from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini.
Tenors Mikhail Urusov and Jonathan Cilia Faro
MC Tony Marotta introduced the singers and the performers from the Cleveland Opera Circle and Cleveland Ballet took their final bows.
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