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…