Review: Marble City Opera Examines Our Personal Baggage in ‘Postcard From Morocco’

This weekend found Marble City Opera’s final staged production of the year, Dominick Argento’s one-act work from 1971, ‘Postcard From Morocco’, in the event end of Jackson Terminal. The placement of a piece like Argento’s opera (libretto by John Donahue) in a space like the Terminal felt strangely natural—seven people find themselves waiting in a train station, all the while examining their existences in terms of their personal “baggage” in a surrealist dramatic environment. Dare I say it? It’s a bit like “Waiting For Godot in a Train Station.” And I mean that in the nicest—and most enticing—possible way.

Preview: ‘Postcard From Morocco’ On Its Way From Marble City Opera

Guessing in which intriguing, non-theatrical location Marble City Opera will stage their next chamber opera production has become something of a game in the Knoxville music scene. Following last season’s finale of La Traviata staged at Historic Westwood, this season…

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: ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ Oozes Charm and a Very Timely Message

Amahl and the Night Visitors, a production of Marble City Opera and Cathedral Arts, has one final performance on Sunday afternoon, December 10, at 3:00 PM at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 413 Cumberland Avenue, Downtown Knoxville. ————- In the first…

Preview: Marble City Opera Returns With Menotti’s ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’

The story of how Gian-Carlo Menotti’s opera ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ came into being begins not on a theatrical stage, but on a television stage in the early days of TV broadcasting.

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…

There’s Still More To Come As 2016-17 Arts and Music Season Winds Down
If you are like me, the on-rushing signs of summer seem to bring a bit of sadness that the organized arts season is coming to an end. While I used to temper those feelings with remarks about just how much the…
Review: Marble City Opera Takes ‘La Traviata’ To Another Dimension

Review of Marble City Opera’s ‘La Traviata’

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