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’
Review in Brief: Marble City Opera’s ‘La Davina’ and ‘Gallantry’
It seems that Marble City Opera crossed a mysterious, but rewarding, threshold last weekend with its performances of two one-act comedies La Davina (Thomas Pasatieri) and Gallantry (Douglas Moore). The performances in the gallery of the Emporium Center seemed to transcend an issue…
Review: Marble City Opera’s ‘Sweets By Kate’ Charms–Devilishly
One of the many engaging features of Marble City Opera has been its willingness and courage to present in a wide range of alternative performance spaces—from refurbished stages to coffee shop backrooms to church naves. Their most recent locations were…
Review: Marble City Opera’s ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’
Downtown Knoxville was—to say the least—packed last Friday evening. The seasonal Knoxville Christmas parade drew a huge throng of families and interested parties to Gay and adjacent streets. And, shows at the Tennessee and Bijou Theatres added to what would…
Review: Marble City Opera’s ‘Ghosts of Crosstown’
Already in its short existence, Knoxville’s chamber opera company, Marble City Opera, has sought to transport us to western barrooms, garden parties, Parisian garrets, and New York City apartments. Last evening, though, the destination was the old vacant, art deco…
Thurs: Marble City Opera, ‘Ghosts of Crosstown’
Can a building affect the human lives that it comes in contact with? The Sears Crosstown Building in Memphis was built in 1927 as a high-rise distribution center and retail store for Sears, Roebuck & Co. It served as such until 1983…