BY ALAN SHERROD In the opera world of the 1860s, more than the mere Alps separated Italy from Germany. The battle between the influences of Giuseppe Verdi in the Italian opera world and the supporters of Richard Wagner and…
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…