By Saturday evening, Friday’s treacherous ice-covered snow had turned to cold rain and messy, deep slush.…
Music
“If you don’t know what to do, there’s actually a chance of doing something new.”
― Philip Glass, Words Without Music: A Memoir
Weekend Reviews, Part 1: KSO Performs Dvorák’s ‘Stabat Mater’
By itself, neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor sub-zero cold, is enough to keep…
“Vive La France” This Saturday Evening – UT Symphony Focuses on French Music
University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra “Vive la France” Dukas: Fanfare from from La Perí Fauré:…
KSO This Week: Dvořák’s ‘Stabat Mater’
Despite the week’s treacherous ice, snow, and bone-chilling cold, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra‘s concerts will go on…
Review: A Strong Cast Rules Knoxville Opera’s ‘Carmen’
A number of productions of Bizet’s Carmen have been in the music news recently, not…
Knoxville Opera’s ‘Carmen’ This Weekend: Bass Ryan Kuster and his Escamillo
Do toreadors and opera singers have anything in common? Perhaps. Both require training to expand…
Depth Becomes Her in Knoxville Opera’s ‘Carmen’
Knoxville Opera’s production of Bizet’s Carmen Conductor and musical director: Brian Salesky; Stage director: Chuck…
Review: Fabulous Vocal Performances in Marble City Opera’s ‘La Femme Bohème’
Marble City Opera’s latest production, La Femme Bohème, opened this past weekend at the Old…
Review: Guest Conductor Lawrence Loh and the KSO Sculpt A Dynamic Masterpiece
There was a time—only a few years ago—that the booking and announcement of a guest…
Saturday: Knoxville Opera Goes To Church
One of the more uplifting blendings of musical genres one is apt to ever encounter in…
