Knoxville Opera
Renewal Subscriptions and single tickets available now.
Ticket packages purchased through our box office come in attractive gift envelopes. Call 524-0795 (ext.1) or come by our studio offices.
Maestro Salesky’s onstage opera preview begins 45 minutes prior to each performance.
Friday, October 28, 2011 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, October 30, 2011 @ 2:30pm
A Ravishing Parisian courtesan…a reckless young man…the opera that brought Julia Roberts to tears in Pretty Woman!
all performances at the historic Tennessee Theatre
The Metropolitan Opera’s ravishing Joyce El-Khoury (star of KO’s 2009 Pagliacci) returns to sing the legendary Violetta. Sensational tenor Zach Borischevsky portrays the heart-broken Alfredo.
Friday, February 10, 2012 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, February 12, 2012 @ 2:30pm
Two star-crossed lovers…a vial of poison…the perfect show for a romantic Valentine’s weekend!
all performances at the historic Tennessee Theatre
San Francisco Opera’s sensational Noah Stewart and Puerto Rico’s enchanting Zulimar López-Hernández star as the passionate, ill-fated lovers. In French with projected English translations. This production features brief dramatic readings from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in English during the opera performance.
Friday, April 27, 2012 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, April 29, 2012 @ 2:30pm
A wife’s innocent devotion…a husband’s murderous rage…Shakespeare’s most tragic kiss!
all performances at the historic Tennessee Theatre
Thrilling internationally-renowned tenor Michael Austin stars as the jealous, obsessed Otello. Alluring Greek soprano Kassandra Dimopoulou makes her American debut as the betrayed Desdemona. In Italian with projected English translations. This production features brief dramatic readings from Shakespeare’s Othello in English during the opera performance.
Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival
International Street Fair
Saturday, April 28, 2012 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Gay Street and Market Square, Downtown Knoxville
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, the Arts & Heritage Fund and the Cole Foundation.
