We have operas at CIM and Oberlin and an Apollo’s Fire world premiere to recommend to you this weekend. All of them open on Friday and some get repeated.
Apollo’s Fire presents Mozart’s Requiem and Eric Gould’s 1791: Requiem for the Ancestors (World Premiere), directed by Jeannette Sorrell, with Sonya Headlam, sopranos, Guadalupe Paz, mezzo-soprano, Jacob Perry, tenor, Kevin Deas, bass-baritone, Apollo’s Musettes treble youth choir, and Apollo’s Singers professional chamber chorus. 7:30 pm at aSt. Bernard Catholic Church, 44 University Ave., Akron, repeated on Saturday at 7:30 in Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland.
CIM Opera Theater presents Puccini’s one-acts Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi. Dean Southern, director, and Harry Davidson, conductor. 7:30 in Kulas Hall, 11021 East Blvd., Cleveland. Repeated on Sunday at 3.z
Oberlin Opera Theater presents L’amant anonyme by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George. Fenlon Lamb, director, and Kelly Kuo, conductor. Premiered in 1780, this two-act opéra comique is the only Bologne opera to survive to the present day. 8 pm in Hall Auditorium, 67 N. Main St., Oberlin. Tickets available online. Repeated Saturday at 8 and Sunday at 2.
For details of these and other classical events, visit the ClevelandClassical.com Concert Listings.