By Alan Sherrod The award for most evocative concert theme of the season certainly goes to the Knoxville Chamber Chorale and its conductor John Orr for their latest outing this past Thursday evening, “Alone in the Night.” Happily, though,…
Review: Singin’ In The Rain, Knoxville Opera Shapes ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ Into An Audience Adventure
By Alan Sherrod We generally consider operatic performance to be one of singers with uncommonly rare voices offering vocal beauty and power, supported by a great orchestra, in productions featuring impressive and elaborate sets and delightful theatrical magic. But,…
Love, Jealousy, Revenge – A Preview of Knoxville Opera’s Unique ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’
By Alan Sherrod It has been three years since Knoxville Opera last took its fans on a little adventure, staging Puccini’s Tosca in three non-theatrical locations in downtown Knoxville including the neo-gothic nave of Church Street United Methodist and…
Review: KSO’s “Mozart in the City” Wraps Its Chamber Classics Season
By Alan Sherrod Creating concert programs that satisfy and challenge an audience, as well as providing intellectual connections that intrigue the listener, is an art—an art that Knoxville Symphony Orchestra maestro Aram Demirjian obviously relishes. His program for the…
Review: CBT’s Whimsical and Poetic ‘The Madwoman of Chaillot’ Reveals the Truth About Evil
By Alan Sherrod Ending the season with a large and colorful bang has generally been the modus operandi for the Clarence Brown Theatre, closing out with a season finale production that pulls out all the stops with a visual…
Review: Nora – And An Intriguing Debate – Returns in ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’
By Alan Sherrod As the lights come up on Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s House, Part 2, looming ominously upstage center is the infamous front door of Torvald Helmer’s house, the door through which Nora Helmer passed on her way…
Review: A Seductive and Luscious ‘Carmen’ From UT Opera Theatre
By Alan Sherrod Performances in this review— Saturday evening, April 12, and Sunday afternoon, April 13 Georges Bizet never knew of the worldwide success that his Carmen would eventually attain, dying a young man of 36 but three months…
Review: KSO and Choral Colleagues Combine for a Sublime Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
By Alan Sherrod If works of music were living human beings, they would no doubt be nervous, if not outright frightened, to be paired on a concert with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Yet, the pairing of contemporary works with Beethoven’s…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: A New Footprint for Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival Adds To A Busy Weekend
For the last 17 years, Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival International Street Fair has grown and evolved from an event aimed mostly at opera-goers, into a multi-genre, multi-stage festival of performances, artisans, and food that attracts a diverse cross-section of Knoxvillians.…
Review: Theatre Knoxville Downtown Opens In New Digs With ‘One Slight Hitch’
By Alan Sherrod It wasn’t “just another op’nin’ of another show” for Theatre Knoxville Downtown and their production of Lewis Black’s One Slight Hitch on Friday evening. While gallery hoppers were making their way around downtown Knoxville and the…
