By Alan Sherrod It really was inevitable. Having performed operas of all sizes and shapes in a variety of non-theatre Knoxville venues including coffeeshops, hotel bars, converted freight depots, church naves, and historic mansions over its six years of…
Review: Knoxville Choral Society Heads for the Future With “Sing! Knoxville”
By Alan Sherrod It is fair to say that the last dozen years or so have seen a rise in enthusiasm for choral music in the United States, both on the performance side and in audiences. What could possibly…
Review: ‘The Man From Earth’ at Theatre Knoxville Downtown
By Alan Sherrod If you like your theatrical dramas with a bit of intriguing debate, you’ll want to check out Theatre Knoxville Downtown’s latest, The Man From Earth by Jerome Bixby, which opened last weekend and runs through June…
Review: Guitarist Vieaux and KSO Offer a Fascinating and Entertaining 2018-19 Season Finale
By Alan Sherrod For the previous two seasons, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra music director Aram Demirjian has concluded those seasons with programs that mixed repertoire stalwarts with exciting newer works that had the effect of flinging open the door to…
Summer Evenings: “Concerts on the Square” for 2019
Concerts on the Square are back for the 2019 season. Knoxville’s Market Square is the site for free entertainment on Tuesday and Thursday evenings courtesy of the City of Knoxville and First Century Bank. “Jazz Tuesdays” began on May 7…
Review: Knoxville Chamber Chorale Beguiles With ‘Alone In The Night’
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…
