No "ritardando," or slowing down, for Cleveland Opera Theater. No, at this point in the score it's following, the marking clearly reads the opposite: "accelerando." 

Even as it puts the finishing touches on a full-scale production of Puccini's "Tosca," its largest effort to date, the group also is advancing rapidly as an organization, moving forward quickly with plans to position itself as Cleveland's chief opera company.

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Source: http://www.cleveland.com/