Review: Marble City Opera’s ‘ShadowLight’ – A Stunning Celebration of the Art and Life of Beauford Delaney

BY ALAN SHERROD   One of the greatest challenges of theatre is representing art through music—and music through art. ShadowLight, a new opera from Marble City Opera with music by Larry Delinger and libretto by Emily Anderson, took that challenge…

Preview: Marble City Opera’s ‘ShadowLight’ Explores the Life and Art of Beauford Delaney

BY ALAN SHERROD   One of the lamentable ironies of artistic creation is that the age in which one lives and works is not necessarily the age in which one gains widespread acceptance. The perfect example of this is the…

Review: Marble City Opera’s ‘Suor Angelica’ – A Magic Hour in Every Sense

Marble City Opera’s production of ‘Suor Angelica’ has two more performances on Friday and Saturday evenings, May 31 and June 1, at 7:30 PM, in the courtyard of St. John’s Cathedral in downtown Knoxville. Tickets   By Alan Sherrod  …

This Week: Marble City Opera Moves Outdoors for Puccini’s ‘Suor Angelica’

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: Portraits of Three Strong Women Mark Marble City Opera’s Latest at Blount Mansion

By Alan Sherrod   Strength and courage in the face of the ugliness of war was the thread running through Marble City Opera’s latest evening of chamber opera performances—a production with the emphasis squarely on “chamber.” A period room in…

This Weekend: Marble City Opera’s ‘Nero Monologues’ at Candoro Marble

By Alan Sherrod   If you have attended any of Marble City Opera’s previous productions, you undoubtedly know that the company lives for performances in unusual and intriguing spaces that immerse the audience in an alternative music-theatre experience. Along the…

Preview: Marble City Opera Follows Up With ‘Follow Suit’

Marble City Opera World Premiere of Follow Suit — music by Griffin Candey, libretto by Emily Anderson Cast: Kathryn Frady and Morgan Smith Stage Director: Matthew Haney Conductor: Griffin Candey Windows on the Park Lounge in Holiday Inn World’s Fair Park…

Knoxville’s Most Memorable Classical Music Performances of 2017

My “Most Memorable of the Year” list of classical music performances began in the pages of the former Metro Pulse, later finding a place in the Knoxville Mercury. Now, it has a home in Arts Knoxville. Here, then, is the list for 2017.

Review – Marble City Opera Explores Human Communication in ‘The Telephone’ and ‘The Human Voice’

Human communication via the telephone—both the attempt and the psychological result—was the broad premise of Marble City Opera’s compelling productions this weekend at the Square Room via two one act operas, The Telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti and The Human…

Preview – Marble City Opera Presents Menotti’s ‘The Telephone’ and Poulenc’s ‘The Human Voice’

Marble City Opera presents Menotti’s The Telephone and Poulenc’s The Human Voice Friday and Saturday, October 6 and 7, at 8:00 PM The Square Room, 4 Market Square in downtown Knoxville Above: Kathryn Frady in ‘The Human Voice’   Where…

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