Knoxville Opera’s opening production of the 2023-24 season will be the lyric comic opera, Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi’s final operatic work. Based on Shakespeare’s play, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and scene bits from Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, the opera features…
Knoxville Opera Announces 2023-24 Season of Operas
Knoxville Opera has announced its 2023-24 season of opera and related offerings. As in the past, three operas will be featured in October, February, and May. Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff Friday, October 13 and Sunday, October 15 — Tennessee Theatre Directed…
Review: Knoxville Opera Triumphs With ‘The Marriage of Figaro’
BY ALAN SHERROD Knoxville Opera began its life at the Bijou Theatre in 1978 as the Knoxville Civic Opera. Returning to its birthplace this weekend, the company triumphed there to wrap up its 2022-23 season with a production of…
Results: Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition–Tennessee District
Begun in 1954, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions underwent a name change in 2021—to the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in recognition of a sizable gift from the Laffont family in the name of Eric and Dominique Laffont. The mission…
The Most Read ARTS KNOXVILLE Stories of 2022
Yes, it is that time of year when we look back at the coverage of events that piqued the interest of readers. And, it is that time of year that we thank our readers for their continued interest—and look forward…
Most Memorable Classical Music Performances of 2022
BY ALAN SHERROD Somehow, it just feels encouraging to say that we have “returned to normal” following the Covid-19 pandemic. But the fact is, the Knoxville art and music scene has not “returned” at all. Rather, we have “evolved”…
Review: Knoxville Opera’s Effervescent ‘The Merry Widow’
BY ALAN SHERROD There was a lot to grab one’s attention last Friday evening at Knoxville Opera’s production of the Franz Lehar operetta, The Merry Widow. History buffs got a peek at the influence operetta has had on our…
On the Wall…Off the Wall: Art, Music, and Theatre This Week
Last Week for… • Adaptive Radiation by Hannah Benitez at Clarence Brown Theatre’s Lab Theatre – Ends Sunday, November 6 — Tickets and Information Read the Arts Knoxville review • Radcliffe Bailey: Passages at Knoxville Museum of Art – Ends Sunday,…
Preview: Knoxville Opera Courts ‘The Merry Widow’
Summoning its audience back to the familiar venue of the Tennessee Theatre this weekend, Knoxville Opera offers up a work that is the perfect example of Viennese operetta, Die lustige Witwe, or The Merry Widow, with music by Franz Lehár.…
Review: Knoxville Opera’s Superlative ‘Glory Denied’
BY ALAN SHERROD If there were any doubts that Knoxville Opera would be seizing a moment of transition and a change of direction with its new artistic team this season, those doubts were quickly banished this past weekend with…