Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival and Italian Street Fair
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Join us as Knoxville Opera and Pilot Travel Centers present the 10th Annual Rossini Festival and Italian Street Fair!
Embrace your inner Italian – Rossini Festival time is coming for the 10th Year! Events include Knoxville Opera’s production of I Puritani April 8 and 10; the ever popular (and FREE!) Italian Street Fair, April 9; and a UT Opera Theatre production (TBA).
Knoxville Opera organizers are instituting a “green’ initiative for the Italian Street Fair and requesting vendors, artisans and festival goers to NOT use Styrofoam and other non-recycle-able materials. Thanks to the generosity of Waste Connections, recycle containers will be located at each major intersection and in market square throughout the Street Fair on Saturday the 9th.
This year, Knoxville Opera also proudly acts as an official drop point to Second Harvest FoodBank of East Tennessee to help eliminate hunger in our community. Each month, Second Harvest fills 155,000 requests for food assistance (up 28% from last year). Please help Knoxville Opera support our community by bringing non-perishable food items to the Street Fair or during a performance. A food collection station will be in the lobby at Tennessee Theatre.
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Knoxville Opera and Pilot Travel Centers present the 10th Annual Rossini Festival and Italian Street Fair.
Over 170 food and artisan exhibits, a kids area, beer, wine, 4 outdoor stages with live performances throughout the day.
Saturday April 9th ,2011 noon-9pm downtown Gay Street and Market Square.
Kickin’ it Italian…Knoxville Style!
#OperaRocks
One of the Southeast’s most alluring cultural attractions, Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival Italian 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 Italian 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.
2011 featured Rossini Festival attractions include:
Italian Street Fair
Saturday, April 9, 2011 Noon – 9:00 pm
Gay Street and Market Square, Downtown Knoxville
Knoxville Opera’s presentation of Bellini’s I Puritani
Friday, April 8, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 2:30 pm
performances held at Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
Tickets to Knoxville Opera’s production of I Puritani are available by calling Knoxville Opera box office, 865-524-0795, ext. 1 or online at www.KnoxvilleOpera.com.
UT Opera Theatre’s production is to be announced.
Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 8:00 pm
performances held at Bijou Theatre, 803 South Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
For tickets call 865-656-4444 or 865-684-1200 or to purchase online at www.KnoxvilleTickets.com.
For further information about the 2011 Knoxville Opera Rossini Festival, contact Knoxville Opera Production Manager Don Townsend or call 865-524-0795, ext. 26.
Thank you sponsors of the 9th Annual Rossini Festival Italian Street Fair!
Photos from the 2009 Knoxville Opera Rossini Festival Italian Street Fair
