The City Club is once again proud to partner with The Cleveland Orchestra as part of the fourth annual Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Opera and Humanities Festival. The 2026 installment, curated by Terence Blanchard and centered around three concert performances of Beethoven’s Fidelio, explores the theme of “Courage,” following “The American Dream” in 2023 (Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West), “Power” in 2024 (Mozart’s The Magic Flute), and “Reconciliation” in 2025 (Janáček’s Jenůfa).
Bryan Stevenson on Courage brings one of America’s most powerful moral voices to the Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival stage. In this keynote address, acclaimed civil rights leader, bestselling author of Just Mercy, and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative Bryan Stevenson reflects on the meaning of courage: how we confront injustice, stay proximate to suffering, and choose to hope in the face of overwhelming odds.
Stevenson’s remarks will be followed by a moderated Q&A, offering an extraordinary opportunity to hear directly from a visionary change-maker whose work continues to shape our national conversation on justice and humanity.
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Tickets are available via The Cleveland Orchestra here; or by contacting their Ticket Office 216-231-1111 | 800-686-1141 (toll free) | boxoffice@clevelandorchestra.com
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