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Founding Sponsors Dr. Monroe and Sandra Trout
Feast your eyes. Indulge your ears. Taste the fun.
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2013 Rossini Entertainment
2013 Rossini Map
Click the link ABOVE each title to reserve your place for these tastings!
12:00 Whites of New Zealand: Crawford, Crawford single vineyard, and more
1:30 Old world vs. New world: blind tasting Napa vs. Bordeaux red
4:30 Henschke 2001 ‘Hill of Grace’
5:00 Great Bordeaux: 4 first growths
7:00 Ridge Monte Bello Vertical tasting: 1995, 1997, 1999
Advanced purchase recommended for the above high-demand tastings. Other tastings on the schedule are available as walk-up in Wine Experience tent in Krutch Park Extension on Gay Street. First come, first served. Rossini Festival and the Wine Experience will go on regardless of weather conditions. Rain or shine, we’ll be here!
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The 12th Annual event takes place Saturday, April 27, 2013 from 11:00 am – 9:00 pm downtown Gay Street and Market Square. The Rossini Festival is dedicated to celebrating the arts with a spectacular feast of dance, music and opera from the Region’s best talent. The Festival drew over 100,000 people from Knox County and the surrounding region in 2012 to showcase our wealth of culture, live entertainment and education with areas for children, culinary offerings, artisan exhibits and much more. The Rossini Festival International Street Fair is offered FREE to the community each year and is almost entirely dependent upon sponsor support for its survival and growth.
“The Rossini Festival’s culture is extraordinary and serves as a wonderful model for other arts groups throughout the nation to emulate…” –Wayne Brown, Head of Music and Opera, National Endowment for the ArtsJoin us as Knoxville Opera and Pilot Flying J present the 12th Annual Rossini Festival and International Street Fair!
Embrace international – Rossini Festival time is coming for the 12th Year! Events include Knoxville Opera’s production of Cinderella April 26 and 28 and the ever popular (and FREE!) International Street Fair, April 27.
Highlights:
• 12th year of event
• Approximate attendance 60,000 – 100,000 (dependent upon weather)
• Spans 10 hours, 12 city blocks and Market Square, 400 volunteers
• Local and Regional multi-cultural music and dance performances on 5 outdoor stages featuring over 800 entertainers
• Local and Regional artisan exhibits featuring hand-crafted works
• (2) world-class fully-staged opera performances of Rossini’s Cinderella at the magnificent Tennessee Theatre
• Family-friendly KidsZone with interactive activities and arts engagement for youth
• Over 190 food/beverage, and artisan exhibits
Shown below are photos from the 2012 Rossini Festival
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click and drag bottom slider bar, scroll mouse wheel, right click to show full screen or click diagonal-arrows icon in lower right corner to see larger imagesShown below are photos from the 2011 Rossini Festival
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9th Annual Rossini Festival from Knoxville Opera on Vimeo.
2013 featured Rossini Festival attractions include:
International Street Fair
Saturday, April 27, 2013 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Gay Street and Market Square, Downtown Knoxville
Knoxville Opera’s production of Rossini’s Cinderella
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Friday, April 26, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 2:30 pm
