A number of productions of Bizet’s Carmen have been in the music news recently, not…
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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
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…
Pianist Ching-Yun Hu Opens 2015 YPS on Sunday
For their 35th season, the Evelyn Miller Young Pianist Series has finally returned to Knoxville.…
Marble City Opera’s ‘La Femme Bohème’ Opens This Saturday
Since its birth in May of 2013, Marble City Opera has been at the cutting edge of Knoxville’s…
KSO This Week: Tchaikovsky Symphony #4, Shostakovich, Berlioz
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Lawrence Loh, guest conductor Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, Opus 9 Shostakovich: Concerto…
Review: KSO Concertmaster Series Shows Off Its New Friends
This week’s installment of the KSO’s Concertmaster Series of chamber music—Gabriel Lefkowitz and Friends—showed off…
