By Alan Sherrod Last week, Arts Knoxville offered up our admittedly subjective opinions on 2019’s…
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“If you don’t know what to do, there’s actually a chance of doing something new.”
― Philip Glass, Words Without Music: A Memoir
Most Memorable Classical Music Performances of 2019
By Alan Sherrod Regular readers of Arts Knoxville will recall that we have been…
Review: Virtuosic Percussion and a Sublime Beethoven Seventh Mark KSO’s “Beethoven and the Art of Rhythm”
By Alan Sherrod While double bass players might argue to the contrary, it is…
KSO Masterworks This Week: Beethoven’s Seventh + Dorman’s ‘Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!’ with Nief-Norf
Beethoven and the Art of Rhythm • Beethoven: Overture from The Creatures of Prometheus •…
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…
The Iconic Patti Smith Part of Big Ears 2020 Lineup Expansion
This Weekend: UT Opera Theatre – Donizetti’s ‘The Elixir of Love’
Gaetano Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love University of Tennessee Opera Theatre Bijou Theatre, 803 S.…
Review in Brief: Timeless Tales Mark KSO’s “Peter and the Wolf” Chamber Classics
By Alan Sherrod All four of the works on Sunday afternoon’s Chamber Classics Series…
Review: Knoxville Opera’s ‘Madama Butterfly’
By Alan Sherrod Based on the published history, Knoxville Opera has offered a production…
This Weekend: Knoxville Opera Returns to Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly’
Knoxville Opera’s Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Downtown Knoxville…