With puppets designed by Ian Petroni, an animal-inspired score of Baroque music assembled by Les Délices director Debra Nagy, and a narrative by Ohio poet laureate Dave Lucas, The Aesop Project will delight, inspire, and offer food for thought. Soprano Elena Mullins is featured alongside a stellar ensemble of Baroque violin, viola da gamba, oboe, recorder, and harpsichord.
Inspired by animals and the natural world, Wild Things features delightful musical settings of Aesop’s Fables (in English, with soprano Elena Mullins Bailey) plus instrumental music depicting birds, cats, frogs, insects, and more by Heinrich Biber (his fabulous “Sonata Representativa"), François Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau, and others.
Noel, Noel blends heartfelt Carols with both classic and contemporary poetry read by longtime Cleveland radio and TV host Dee Perry to create an alternative Lessons and Carols experience. Les Délices’ original arrangements of carols from French, English, and German traditions are interleaved with poems by Christina Rossetti, e.e. Cummings, and Thomas Campion, plus wonderful recent work by Northeast Ohio poets Dave Lucas, Diane Kendig, and Julie Warther. Available December 1-31, 2025.
Les Délices brings together beloved English carols, French noels, German hymns, and festive Baroque music for this candle-lit concert that will put you in the holiday spirit! Featuring soprano Elena Mullins Bailey in music by Praetorius, Charpentier, and others.
Les Délices brings together beloved English carols, French noels, German hymns, and festive Baroque music for this candle-lit concert that will put you in the holiday spirit! Featuring soprano Elena Mullins Bailey in music by Praetorius, Charpentier, and others.
Les Délices brings together beloved English carols, French noels, German hymns, and festive Baroque music for this candle-lit concert that will put you in the holiday spirit! Featuring soprano Elena Mullins Bailey in music by Praetorius, Charpentier, and others.
From A Red, red rose to Comin’ thro the rye and Auld lang syne, Robert Burns’ poetry and music is beloved the world over. Join Les Délices and “shining” tenor James Reese for a joyful evening of ballad tunes and Caledonian country dances as we celebrate the Scottish bard ahead of his birthday.
From A Red, red rose to Comin’ thro the rye and Auld lang syne, Robert Burns’ poetry and music is beloved the world over. Join Les Délices and “shining” tenor James Reese for a joyful evening of ballad tunes and Caledonian country dances as we celebrate the Scottish bard ahead of his birthday. Presented by Academy of Early Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
From A Red, red rose to Comin’ thro the rye and Auld lang syne, Robert Burns’ poetry and music is beloved the world over. Join Les Délices and “shining” tenor James Reese for a joyful evening of ballad tunes and Caledonian country dances as we celebrate the Scottish bard ahead of his birthday. Presented by Academy of Early Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
From A Red, red rose to Comin’ thro the rye and Auld lang syne, Robert Burns’ poetry and music is beloved the world over. Join Les Délices and “shining” tenor James Reese for a joyful evening of ballad tunes and Caledonian country dances as we celebrate the Scottish bard ahead of his birthday. Presented by the Hudson Library and Historical Society.
Want to learn more about the musical traditions of Latin America? At this day long workshop, you'll try out Baroque bows, explore Baroque technique, and explore how Indigenous, European, and African influences shaped a style full of rhythmic vitality, expressive contrast, and improvisatory flair with an all-star faculty from Les Délices! This workshop is offered in a “Pay-what-you-can” model hosted by The Music Settlement in Cleveland’s University Circle. Registration via The Music Settlement. Space is limited!
A musical preview and composer conversation with Gilda Lyons, whose new work Soy La Diosa celebrates the divine feminine in Central American myth. Also featuring orchestra students from Bard HSEC performing music from the Chiquitos Missions in Bolivia. Arrive early to grab dinner in the CentroVilla25 food hall!