Read my preview of Knoxville Opera’s ‘Hansel and Gretel’ in this week’s Knoxville Mercury.
Review: Knoxville Opera Gives a Monumental Scale to Boito’s ‘Mefistofele’
Knoxville Opera’s production of Boito’s Mefistofele Tennessee Theatre Friday, October 9, and Sunday, October 11 Unless you have been in the vicinity of a major opera house—like the Metropolitan Opera in New York, San Francisco Opera, or some of the oft-visited…
In Knoxville Mercury: Review of Knoxville Opera’s ‘Il Trovatore’
My review of Knoxville Opera’s production of Il Trovatore is now online at the Knoxville Mercury. Read it here. Thanks for reading.
In the Knoxville Mercury: So much to read, so little time…
Be sure to pick up a copy of the Knoxville Mercury this week—there are reviews of local performances plus the special pull-out-and-carry guide (necessary and indispensable) to Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival and the International Street Fair on Saturday. In that…
This Week from Knoxville Opera: Verdi’s ‘Il Trovatore’ and the 2015 Rossini Festival
Knoxville’s spring festival season is in full swing and this weekend brings Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival Street Fair and a production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Trovatore. Check out the Rossini Festival insert in this week’s Knoxville Mercury. Here’s the schedule–…
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 the least of which is a current production at the Metropolitan Opera in New York with some rather notable casting. While such discussion makes any…
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 on one’s natural gift; both must perform, often at risk, before a demanding audience; and both thrive on the adulation of the crowds and develop…
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 Hudson With Audrey Babcock as Carmen, Brian Cheney as Don José, Ryan Kuster as Escamillo, and Zulimar López-Hernández as Micaëla. Friday, February 13, 8 p.m.…
Saturday: Knoxville Opera Goes To Church
One of the more uplifting blendings of musical genres one is apt to ever encounter in Knoxville, or anywhere, is Knoxville Opera Goes To Church, A Celebration of Talent — a program that skillfully combines gospel music, spirituals, and opera on one…