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2021-01-05 10:44:17
Florida replaces Traviata with American shorts
Florida Grand Opera has scrapped its 2020-21 season of La Traviata, Otello and Faust, replacing the big hitters with four short operas by American composers. The new lineup is Jake Heggie’s Three Decembers, Daron Hagen’s New York Stories and a double bill of Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti and Thomas Pasatieri’s Signor Deluso. All are […]
2016-10-20 15:09:54
Say, you cover a lot of ground yourself
Born on this day in 1889 actress Margaret Dumont. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3FZ_jtDMVg Happy 85th birthday contralto Lauris Elms. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKcZrIFV83I Happy 73rd birthday dramatic soprano/mezzo-soprano Dunja Vejzovic. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NoMVxz0AMc Happy 71st birthday composer Thomas Pasatieri. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pj2YQ7OtCk Happy 70th birthday tenor John Joseph Elwes. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQe4XUia440 Happy 69th birthday baritone Wolfgang Brendel. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMWlnoc1To8
2016-10-16 21:47:07
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 that is mostly fundamental to chamber opera, that of environment. Although Marble City Opera has, in the past, performed in a widely diverse number of venues of varying theatrical capability, one generally felt inextricably bound to that venue by what was there, or what wasn’t. I can say—with great encouragement—that last weekend’s performances were so captivating that I truly forgot about the hard plastic chair I sat on in the middle of an art gallery. Instead, the singers were totally successful in pulling me into their world of musical parody with vocal excellence and comic persuasion. Kudos to stage directors Kathryn Frady and James Marvel for an accomplishment […]
2016-10-10 14:58:40
[…] featuring Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, with violinist Giora Schmidt as soloist Rossini: Semiramide Overture Puccini: Manon Lescaut: Act III Intermezzo Puccini: Capriccio sinfonico Vivaldi: The Four Seasons 7:30 PM, Tennessee Theatre, Tickets Marble City Opera, Two one-act operas, La Davina and Gallantry Gallantry (Douglas Moore): a parody of soap opera, complete with doctors, a love triangle, suspense, and sung commercial interruptions. Directed by Kathryn Frady La Davina (Thomas Pasatieri) –It is about the farewell performance of a stellar but aging diva, whose assistant and manager are not displeased to see an end to the confusion constantly created by the prima donna’s temperament and “star complex.” It’s funny and heartfelt. Co-directed by James Marvel and Kathryn Frady 8:00 PM, The Emporium, 100 S. Gay Street Tickets Friday, October 14 Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, “Vivaldi’s Four Seasons” KSO Resident Conductor James […]
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