WEEK 12 of the Metropolitan Opera’s free streaming of performances from their Live In HD series covers quite a range. The historical performance of the week comes from the 1978 Tosca with Shirley Verrett in the title role, Luciano Pavarotti…
Knoxville Opera Announces Jason Hardy As Interim Executive Director
Knoxville Opera has announced that it has selected opera company administrator Jason Hardy as its Interim Executive Director. Brian Salesky, who has held the combined positions of Executive and Artistic Director at the opera company for the last 15 years,…
Week 11 of Free Met Opera Streams: May 24 – May 31
This will be WEEK 11 of the Metropolitan Opera’s free streaming of performances from their Live In HD series. While the past weeks may have seemed like a troubled dream, this streaming series has certainly made it a lot more tolerable.…
KSO and ETPBS Collaborate on a Special ‘Concertmaster Series’ Performance
BY ALAN SHERROD Staying safe from the ravages of the current pandemic while also laying the groundwork for the eventual return to normalcy has been an ongoing conundrum for musicians, artists, and their organizations. While we wait for live…
Flying Anvil Theatre To Go Virtual With ‘Do You Read Me?’
BY ALAN SHERROD Virtualness is not actually a word, but maybe it should be. Here’s my definition: a state of existence or action in which necessary communications are carried out by digital means through computers and networks, rather than…
Week 10 of Free Met Opera Streams: May 17 – May 24
While it seems like years have gone by since it began, this week will be WEEK 10 of the Metropolitan Opera’s free streaming of performances from their Live In HD series. The week covers many bases, including Wagner’s Lohengrin, Verdi,…
Week 9 of Free Met Opera Streams: May 10 – May 17
This week will be Week 9 of the Metropolitan Opera’s free streaming of performances from their Live In HD series. This week’s historic performance is from November 13, 1982: Lucia di Lammermoor with Joan Sutherland, Alfredo Kraus, Pablo Elvira, and…
Marble City Opera Postpones ‘I Pagliacci’ Until August
Marble City Opera has announced that its production of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci, originally scheduled for May 29 and 30 at the Tennessee Amphitheater in World’s Fair Park, has been re-scheduled for August 13, 14, and 15 at the same…
Week 8 of Free Met Opera Streams: May 3 – May 10
No complaints will be coming from me for staying in, staying safe, and catching this Week 8 of the Metropolitan Opera’s free nightly streams. This week’s schedule has a few diversions from the usual: a 1977 performance of Puccini’s La…
Week 7 of Free Met Opera Streams: April 26-May 3
If Saturday’s In-Home Gala was your first brush with the Metropolitan Opera’s free nightly streams, your appetite will probably be whetted for more. Amazingly, this will be Week 7 of the Metropolitan Opera’s free nightly streams. As before, a different encore…
