I am fascinated to hear her answer to Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue when she joins the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra on ...

These days, it’s practically impossible to discuss Broadway musicals without using the word “longevity” and throwing around hard-to-believe performance numbers. Following Chicago, The Lion King, and ...

Stepping into the spotlight with his first production as Director of Opera Theatre at UT is James Kenon Mitchell. For the ...

Season after season, the Amadeus Concert Ensemble has taken its audience in the Cathedral Concert Series on a number of enlightening journeys, sometimes to familiar locales, but just as often, to ...

It came as no real surprise that Maestro Aram Demirjian chose to open the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 season with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. After all, the work is perfect for celebratory ...

Although there is peril in describing the current attention devoted to English novelist Jane Austen as a mania, that seems like an almost unavoidable conclusion. From the popularity of Jane Austen ...

Beethoven’s majestic Ninth Symphony finds its way into all sorts of celebratory occasions, magically taking on the emotions and intent of every moment in time in which it appears. For the Knoxville ...

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Marble City Opera has announced that Ryan Colbert will be joining the company as its Associate Executive Artistic Director. She will begin her new role with MCO effective August 1, 2025. Founding ...

Whether it’s the flaming father of Hereditary or a visceral murder-suicide cold open in Midsommar that I’ve yet to shake, Aster takes great pleasure in such instances. Then, with Beau Is Afraid, Aster ...

Marble City Opera's 'Pagliacci'; (L/R) Kathryn Frady (Nedda), Edward Brennan (Canio), Daniel Spiotta (Silvio), (hidden) Brad Morrison (Tonio), Cody Boling (Beppe) - Photo: Christopher Frith The first ...

For over 10 years, River & Rail Theatre has been a fixture in the Knoxville arts community, bringing together both local and national talent to tell stories about our city, its people, and its history ...