This will be Week 23 of the Metropolitan Opera‘s free nightly streams of performances from their archives. This week features the usual eclectic mix of works, ranging from a 2013 performance of Puccini’s Tosca to a 1982 production of Hänsel…
Week 22 of Free Met Opera Streams: August 10 – 16
This will be Week 22 of the Metropolitan Opera‘s free nightly streams of performances from their archives. This week there is a single exception to the usual schedule: the August 15 stream of La Bohème, will only be available until August…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: August 4, 2020
While everyone is understandably anxious to return to some form of social normality, the harsh reality of the current status of the COVID-19 pandemic demands that potential viewers thoughtfully weigh the risks versus rewards involved, not just to oneself, but…
Week 21 of Free Met Opera Streams: August 3 – 9
The Metropolitan Opera‘s free nightly streaming of performances continues this week —WEEK 21. This week features a current production of Handel’s Agrippina as well as two excellent performances from the 1990s, Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra and Wagner’s Parsifal. And, there are…
Week 20 of Free Met Opera Streams: July 27 – August 2
For opera fans, the Metropolitan Opera’s free streaming of a performance each evening from their archives has made the ordeal quite a bit more tolerable. Amazingly, this week will be WEEK 20 of this routine—a routine that most will probably…
Hope Springs Eternal — CBT Hopes to Return to Live Theatre in Spring of 2021
BY ALAN SHERROD Although hope has taken many forms in the pandemic and socio-politically ravaged days of 2020, so too have some painful realities. For Knoxville theatre-goers and patrons of Clarence Brown Theatre, reality has unfortunately taken the upper…
Week 19 of Free Met Opera Streams: July 20 – July 26
It is Week 19 of the Metropolitan Opera’s series of FREE streamed performances from their archives. Two classic performances are featured this week—Wagner’s Tannhäuser from 1982 and Verdi’s Falstaff from 1992. And, there’s more Rossini, Verdi, Gounod, Puccini, and Strauss.…
Week 18 of Free Met Opera Streams: July 12 – July 19
We’ve seen some amazing performances over the last 17 weeks of the Metropolitan Opera’s free nightly streaming of performances from their archives — and Week 18 will be no different. On Tuesday evening, a classic performance from 1981 becomes available for…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: July 7, 2020
As indecision continues for both artists and audiences as how one can avoid exposure to the Covid-19 virus and still produce music, theatre, and art, a few are experimenting with a variety of limitations and alternative practices in order to…
Week 17 of Free Met Opera Streams: July 6 – July 12
Week 17 of the Metropolitan Opera’s free nightly streaming of performances from their archives features a nicely curated selection of both big favorites and interesting gems. A different streaming begins each evening at 7:30 PM from the Met Opera website…
