Dates announced for 2008 Rossini Festival

April 12-20, 2008

A week-long celebration of the visual, performing, and culinary arts in Knoxville!
Activities include: Italian dinners, wine-tastings, concerts, opera, parties, the annual street-fair, and much more!

Performances of Giacomo Puccini’s famous opera, Tosca, at the Tennessee Theatre, April 18 and 20, 2008.

Call 865-524-0795 for tickets.

Knoxville Opera Rossini Festival Italian Street Fair will be held Saturday, April 19, 2008 on Gay Street and Market Square from noon-9pm. Free admission!

Many fabulous entertainers are lined up for the Italian Street Fair! Below is list of times and locations. A map of stage locations will be available at the entry tables at the Street Fair.

Main Street Stage

12:00 PM             Opening Ceremony
                             
                            Knoxville Community Band

12:30 PM             UT Opera Theatre La Traviata Cast
              
1:00 PM                K-Jazz  
              
2:00 PM                Tennessee Schmaltz (klezmer band)
              
3:00 PM               East Tennessee Concert Band
              
4:00 PM                 Circle Modern Dance       
              
5:00 PM                 Knoxville Jazz Orchestra
              
6:00 PM                 New Knoxville Brass        
              
7:00 PM                 Austin East Jazz Band     
              
8:00 PM                 TN Children’s Dance Ensemble    
                             
North Stage

12:30 PM             Norwegian Wood
                             
1:30 PM                Knoxville Children’s Choir
                             
2:30 PM                 Knoxville Brass Quintet

3:30 PM                East Tennessee Jazz Orchestra
                              with vocalist Katy Wolfe Zahn

4:30 PM                 East Tennessee Jazz Orchestra      
              
5:30 PM                 Pellissippi Singers

6:30 PM                 Knoxville Chamber Choir
              
7:30 PM                 Tennessee Trombonery &
                              UT Trombone Choir
              
8:30 PM                  UT Jazz Big Band
              
8:45 PM                 Rossini Festival Raffle Prize Drawing
                              @ Kroger Tent

Bijou Theatre
              
2:oo PM                   La Traviata, U.T. Opera Theatre

8:00 PM                    La Traviata, U.T. Opera Theatre

1st Tennessee Bank Dance Area

1:00 PM.              Go! Contemporary Danceworks
              
2:oo PM                Alexia and her Middle Eastern Dancers

3:00 PM                Lucia Andronescu Dance Ensemble

4:00 PM                Debka and the Oasis Dancers

5:00 PM                Hyetti

6:00 PM               Debka and the Oasis Dancers

Knoxville Opera Stage

1:00 PM                 UT Opera Theatre La Traviata Cast

1:30 PM                 Tom Studebaker & Daniel Sumegi
                              from the cast of Tosca
              
2:30 PM                 Michael Wanko & Adam Lloyd
                              from the cast of Tosca

3:00 PM                 Knoxville Wind Ouintet

4:00 PM                 Micheal Rodgers & Daniel Sparkes
                              Knoxville Opera Artists

5:00 PM                 Logan Murrell, Rising Country Star

6:00 PM                 Knoxville String Quartet

6:30 PM                 UT Opera Theatre La Traviata Cast

7:00 PM                 Jami Rogers & Kevin Anderson
                              Knoxville Opera Artists

8:00 PM                 Daniel Berry & Herbert Eckhoff
                              Knoxville Opera Artists

Market Square Stage

12:30 PM             Student String Ensemble

1:00 PM               Sound Company of Oak Ridge       
              
2:00 PM               Go Contemporary Danceworks     

3:00 PM               Maryville Harp Ensemble
              
4:00 PM               Oak Ridge Fencing Club 
              
5:00 PM               Austin East High School Jazz Band
              
6:00 PM                Farragut High School Symphonic Band      
              
Market Square    

12:00 - 5:00 PM                U.S. Cellular’s
                              World of Discovery for Kids
                              • Meet Christopher Columbus 
                              • Build a Ship -  kids build and paint  their own Nina, Pinta or Santa Maria                                     
• LG Text to Win
                              • Mel-O-Toons:
                                Cartoon in Igloo Theatre
                                highlighting the “Story of Columbus”
                              • Paint with Michelangelo Graffiti Wall
12:00 - 8:00 PM   Euro-Bungee
                                Rock Climbing Wall

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