Education/Outreach Programs for the 2011-2012 Season.
The above was featured on NBC’s broadcast in LiveAtFive@4 in Knoxville.
Click to view a sample of The Shakespeare Project!
In addition to our many continuing programs we are particularly excited about our season-long Shakespeare Project.
The foundation of this Project will be our productions of Gounod’s Romeo & Juliette and Verdi’s Otello at the magnificent Tennessee Theatre. In a unique partnership with Knox County School District, Knoxville Opera will be presenting a costumed, staged, abbreviated version of Gounod’s Romeo & Juliette in English in all 14 Knox County Middle Schools. Details about this and other in-school programs may be found in the downloadable files below. Additional information about the Shakespeare Project will appear here as activities are announced.
Click for schedule of in-school performances of Gounod’s Romeo & Juliette featuring Stefan Barner as Romeo and Anna Eschbach as Juliette
Click for full event schedule for The Shakespeare Project
Knoxville Opera is most grateful to the following sponsors of our Knox County Public Schools Education Programs:
Knox Cty PUBLIC ELEMENTARY Schools Info & Form
Knox Cty PUBLIC MIDDLE Schools Info & Form
Knox Cty PUBLIC HIGH Schools Info & Form
UNIV-COLLEGE Info & Form
Education & Outreach Program
Enriching the lives of everyone in our East Tennessee Community!
BRING Knoxville Opera to your school or organization!
Opera 101
. . . is an entertaining education and outreach program for student and adult groups. Starting with popular selections in English from 20th Century Broadway musicals, the presentation weaves its way back through musical theater history to great opera and operetta classics. Each concludes with a lively question and answer session, giving participants an opportunity to interact with the performers. Repertoire can be “themed” at your request. These programs are performed by vocal artists from the distinguished Knoxville Opera Studio under the direction of Maestro Salesky.
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The Magic of Opera
. . . is a series of engaging multi-media seminars with Maestro Salesky. Student and adult groups can choose from a variety of themes (popular operas and singers, producing opera from A to Z, celebrating the best of opera, etc.) or create their own.
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Knoxville Opera's 2010 production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville
FREE Student Dress Rehearsals
WATCH the magic unfold!
. . . are you a student? We invite any and all students to attend one of our designated Student Dress Rehearsals at the Tennessee Theatre for FREE. These rehearsals are overwhelming experiences of live full-length and fully staged performances. Riveting drama and passionate music will transport you to places you have never dreamed possible! Don’t speak Italian or French? Don’t worry! While we perform many of our operas in foreign languages, we also project English translations of all the action above the stage, so you won’t miss a moment. You don’t need to do anything but show up to the theater the evening of the scheduled rehearsal. Teachers, students and their families are welcome to attend. Bring your student I.D. and come watch the magic unfold!
2011-2012 Season Student Dress Rehearsal Schedule (Free for all students thanks to the generosity of Comcast; accompanying adults are $3 at the door). Enter Tennessee Theatre through Gay Street entrance beginning at 6:00pm. Open seating
La Traviata – Wednesday, October 26, 2011 @ 6:30 pm
Romeo & Juliette– Wednesday, February 8, 2011 @ 6:30 pm
Otello – Wednesday, April 25, 2012 @ 6:30 pm
LEARN more about this season’s operas!
La Traviata synopsis
Romeo & Juliette synopsis
Otello synopsis
Rossini Festival International Street Fair
Voted the city’s “Best Festival”
One of the Southeast’s most alluring cultural attractions, Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival International Street Fair 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, art and craft exhibitions, wine tasting and a wide variety of other events with a vibrant International Street Fair.
Downtown Knoxville’s Gay Street is transformed from a busy thoroughfare to a colorful Italian festival with four stages featuring a range of entertainment options, an upscale Artisan’s Market, the smells and tastes of authentic Mediterranean foods and beverages and a special children’s area on Market Square with entertainment, fun and games.
This extraordinary event also presents a golden opportunity to attend one of our professional productions Knoxville Opera.
