2010 – 2011 Season
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The haunting, powerful music has enthralled audiences since 1904!
Friday, October 1, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 2:30 pm
This dramatic new production designed and conceived by Carroll Freeman and Brian Salesky underscores the Japanese culture that condemns the innocent Butterfly’s choice to marry a reckless American naval officer.
This heartbreaking story and magnificent score never fails to bring tears to the eyes of its legions of fans. Puccini masterfully weaves authentic
Japanese melodies into his magnificent, powerful score.
Presenting fast-rising star Jin-Won Park from South Korea in her U.S. debut!
performed in Italian with English supertitles
Ranks alongside Carmen as one of the most sensual and passionate operas ever conceived!
Friday, February 11, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Ravishing music tells the story about an impulsive but irresistible country girl who ruins her own life and her lover’s through the 
reckless pursuit of love, fame and fortune in Paris. The grand opera tale of Manon Lescaut, the insatiable, bewitching seductress stars the riveting soprano, Talise Trevigne.
performed in French with English supertitles
A feast of vocal sensations featuring soaring melodies and stratospheric high notes!
Friday, April 8, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 2:30 pm
To save his queen from execution, Lord Arthur leaves Elvira
at the altar. The scorned bride “goes mad” in the style of Lucia di Lammermoor with stupendous vocal fireworks made famous by legendary international sopranos Maria Callas and Joan Sutherland. Starring The Metropolitan Opera’s coloratura sensation, Rachele Gilmore.
performed in Italian with English supertitles
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Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival
Italian Street Fair
Saturday, April 9, Noon – 9:00 pm
Gay Street and Market Square, Downtown Knoxville
Help us celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Knoxville’s best festival! Knoxville Opera’s 10th Annual Rossini Festival and Italian Street Fair will transform downtown Knoxville into the Tennessee equivalent of an Italian village complete with more exhibits, booths, performances, vendors, staging and FUN than you can point a cannoli at!
One of the Southeast’s most alluring cultural attractions, the Knoxville Opera Rossini Festival brings a taste of Europe to East Tennessee and celebrates the color, fun and excitement of opera and Italian culture.
The Festival combines world class opera performances with a unique Italian Street Fair featuring art and craft exhibitions, international cuisine, and non-stop entertainment on four outdoor stages. A children’s Funzone completes the experience.
Knoxville Opera is supported in part by the Tennessee Arts Commission whose funds are mostly provided by the public’s purchase of specialty license plates. Make an investment in a better quality of life in the State of Tennessee by purchasing a specialty plate.
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Knoxville Opera’s mission is to provide the residents of East Tennessee with high quality, locally produced opera and to contribute to the future of the operatic art form by educating the community about opera and its role in our culture. Knoxville Opera, founded in 1978, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization presenting productions made possible, in part, by generous funding from our patrons, the Tennessee Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, the City of Knoxville, the Arts and Culture Alliance of Knoxville and the Cole Foundation.
