Tuesday Arts Miscellany: Film Fest Knox, UT Opera Theatre, Momentum Dance Lab

This weekend really forces one to make some uncomfortable choices in the Knoxville arts and music scene. Despite the pain of having to choose among competing interests, this is probably a good thing, all things considered. Film Fest Knox Kicks…

UT Opera Theatre Update: Weather Forces ‘Die Fledermaus’ Inside This Weekend

If—as they say—”necessity is the mother of invention”, the term could have been created for UT Opera Theatre. First, a scheduling conflict preventing them from performing in their usual venue, the Bijou Theatre downtown, had them planning instead on the…

Review: The Magic Returns – UT Opera Theatre Delights With Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’

BY ALAN SHERROD   Imagine being a young singer with operatic ambitions, ready to make the most of an undergraduate or graduate opera program to provide a springboard into the professional world, when rather suddenly … everything comes to a…

Tuesday Arts Miscellany: Opera, Theatre, Chamber and Orchestral Music

UT Opera Theatre — Mozart’s The Magic Flute UT Opera Theatre returns to live performances with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s final opera Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) this weekend at the Bijou Theatre. There are four performances scheduled with a double…

Review: UT Opera Theatre Sparkles With ‘The Elixir of Love’

By Alan Sherrod   Throughout its 187 year history, Gaetano Donizetti’s bel canto comedy The Elixir of Love (L’elisir d’amore) has remained high on the list of most-performed operas worldwide. This popularity comes at a price, though, as opera companies…

Preview: UT Opera Theatre Brings ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ to the Bijou This Weekend

University of Tennessee Opera Theatre: Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) Stage director: James Marvel Conductor: Kevin Class Friday, Saturday, Sunday—November 10, 11, 12 Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay Street Tickets Oh, to have been a fly…

Review: UT Symphony Continues Its Amazing Journey With Shostakovich 10th

There’s a lot of audience talk going around these days regarding the rapid ascent of the University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra this season into the lofty ranks of the best music school orchestras in the U.S. At this past Sunday’s…

UT Alum Alexandria Shiner Joins Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program

It goes without saying that the beginning of any career is full of uncertainties and daunting obstacles. For young opera singers, though, the keys to success are even more tantalizingly elusive, magnified by the stratospheric level of natural vocal talent…

A Big Weekend for Knoxville

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…

This Weekend: UT Opera Theatre – ‘The Crucible’

The UT Opera Theatre offers Robert Ward’s ‘The Crucible’ this weekend for four performances at the Bijou Theatre.

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