2010 – 2011 Subscription Performance Events
Maestro Salesky’s onstage opera preview begins 45 minutes prior
to each performance.
The haunting, powerful music has enthralled audiences since 1904!
Friday, October 1, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 2:30 pm
A New Production of Butterfly!
This dramatic new production designed and conceived by Carroll Freeman and Brian Salesky underscores the Japanese culture that condemns the innocent Butterfly’s choice to marry a reckless American naval officer.
This heartbreaking story and magnificent score never fails to bring tears to the eyes of its legions of fans. Puccini masterfully weaves authentic Japanese melodies into his magnificent, powerful score.
Presenting fast-rising star Jin-Won Park from South Korea in her U.S. debut!
performed in Italian with English supertitles
Ranks alongside Carmen as one of the most sensual and passionate operas ever conceived!
Friday, February 11, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Ravishing music tells the story about an impulsive but irresistible country girl who ruins her own life and her lover’s through the reckless pursuit of love, fame and fortune in Paris. The grand opera tale of Manon Lescaut, the insatiable, bewitching seductress stars the riveting soprano, Talise Trevigne.
performed in French with English supertitles
A feast of vocal sensations featuring soaring melodies and stratospheric high notes!
Friday, April 8, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Rachele Gilmore in Knoxville Opera's Lucia di Lammermoor
To save his queen from execution, Lord Arthur leaves Elvira at the altar. The scorned bride “goes mad” in the style of Lucia di Lammermoor with stupendous vocal fireworks made famous by legendary international sopranos Maria Callas and Joan Sutherland. Starring The Metropolitan Opera’s coloratura sensation, Rachele Gilmore.
performed in Italian with English supertitles
2010-2011 Non-Subscription Events
Knoxville Opera Guild’s Monday Night Opera
Monday, August 30, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Flatwater Grill, Oak Ridge (for reservations please contact Tom Fine – 865-776-4454)
Knoxville Opera Guild’s Membership Party
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 6:00 pm
The Orangery
Pre-Opera Dinner
Friday October 1, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Club Le Conte (for reservations please contact Frankie Hulett – 865-483-4487)
Knoxville Opera Goes to Church…A Celebration of Talent
Sunday October 24, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Greater Warner Tabernacle Church
Knoxville Opera Guild Annual Opera Ball
Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Cherokee Country Club (for reservations please contact Theresa Stone – 865-584-2724)
Knoxville Opera Guild’s Monday Night Opera
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 6:30 pm
RT Lodge, Maryville (for reservations please contact Tom Fine – 865-776-4454)
Oak Ridge Community Concert
Sunday January 23, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center, Oak Ridge
Pre-Opera Dinner
Friday February 11, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Club Le Conte (for reservations please contact Frankie Hulett – 865-483-4487)
Knoxville Opera Guild Martini Party
March TBA 2011
Pre-Opera Dinner
Friday, April 8, 2011 at 5:30 pm
Club Le Conte (for reservations please contact Frankie Hulett – 865-483-4487)
Knoxville Opera’s 10th Annual Rossini Festival Italian Street Fair
Saturday, April 9, 2011 from noon-9 pm
Gay Street and Market Square, Downtown Knoxville
Knoxville Opera Guild Annual Croquet Tournament
Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 12:00 pm
UT Visitors Center
For further information about the 2010 Knoxville Opera Rossini Festival, contact:
Knoxville Opera Production Manager Don Townsend 865-524-0795, ext. 26 or
Knoxville Opera Marketing Director Michael Torano 865-524-0794 ext. 28.
