Not particularly by design, there are those weekends in Knoxville when multiple diverse arts events converge on the same time period. This weekend, April 21-23, is one of those biggies. Music, theatre, and street fair festivals offer more opportunities for entertainment and enlightenment than a normal human being can absorb. But, do your best.
Friday, April 21
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: “Golka Plays Chopin”
The KSO’s April Masterworks concerts feature the E minor piano concerto (No. 1) by Frédéric Chopin with guest pianist Adam Golka. Also on the program is Bizet’s Overture & Romance from The Pearl Fishers, Golijov’s Night of the Flying Horses, and Ravel’s Daphnis & Chloe Suite No. 2.
Aram Demirjian, KSO music director, conducts
7:30 PM, Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Downtown Knoxville
(also Thursday evening, April 20)
Tickets (start at $15)
University of Tennessee Opera Theatre: Robert Ward’s The Crucible
This work won the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Music and was based on the Arthur Miller play of the same name. The four performances feature two casts of graduate and undergraduate singers. Stage direction by James Marvel; orchestra conducted by Kevin Class.
8:00 PM, Bijou Theatre, 805 S. Gay Street, Downtown Knoxville
Tickets (Also Saturday and Sunday)
Theatre Openings
Theatre Knoxville Downtown: Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure
(by Steven Dietz, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and William Gillette)
Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 N. Gay Street
April 21-May 7: Thu/Fri/Sat at 8:00 PM; Sunday at 3 PM
Tickets $15, Reservations
Clarence Brown Theatre: Around the World in 80 Days
Adapted by Mark Brown from the novel by Jules Verne
Directed by Kate Buckley
Clarence Brown Theatre mainstage on the UT Campus
Apr. 19 – May 7: Available performances and tickets (Evenings at 7:30 PM; Sunday matinee at 2:00 PM)
Note: Don’t get scammed! All single tickets to CBT are sold online only through Knoxvilletickets.com
Saturday, April 22
Knoxville Opera’s 2017 Rossini Festival International Street Fair
Downtown Knoxville: 10 am – 9 pm
Check out the official guide to the Street Fair in the print version of the Knoxville Mercury this week, along with previews of next week’s production of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Knoxville Opera’s annual Rossini Festival International Street Fair, now in it’s 16th year, has been designated a “legacy event” by Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero and serves as a celebration of the performing arts. The public enjoys 11 consecutive hours of live entertainment on five outdoor stages (opera, jazz, ethnic music, gospel, modern and ethnic dance, ballet, vocal and instrumental ensembles) and the YMCA FunZone while shopping at exhibits of over 100 prominent Artisans and enjoying cuisine from dozens of food vendors. This unique event transforms downtown Gay Street, Market Square, and the adjoining streets into a European-style pedestrian street mall appropriate for the entire family.
Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin
12:55 PM, Regal WestTown Cinemas
University of Tennessee Opera Theatre: Robert Ward’s The Crucible
This work won the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Music and was based on the Arthur Miller play of the same name. The four performances feature two casts of graduate and undergraduate singers. Stage direction by James Marvel; orchestra conducted by Kevin Class.
2:30 PM and 8:00 PM, Bijou Theatre, 805 S. Gay Street, Downtown Knoxville
Tickets
Events and Music at Modern Studio, 109 West Anderson Ave
April 22, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM EDT: Maybe April
Tickets
Sunday, April 23
University of Tennessee Opera Theatre: Robert Ward’s The Crucible
This work won the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Music and was based on the Arthur Miller play of the same name. The four performances feature two casts of graduate and undergraduate singers. Stage direction by James Marvel; orchestra conducted by Kevin Class.
2:30 PM, Bijou Theatre, 805 S. Gay Street, Downtown Knoxville
Tickets
UT Balinese Gamelan
Ensemble concert; featuring new and traditional pieces from Indonesia and beyond
2:00 PM, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
FREE
