Monthly Archives: February 2012

Blair String Quartet Debuts Michael Hersch Work

Nashvillians might want to check out this Friday’s performance by the Blair String Quartet of Schubert’s String Quartet in D Minor and the world premiere of Michael Hersch’s Images From a Closed Ward. Find information in my short preview in this week’s … Continue reading

Comments Off

Filed under Chamber Music, Instrumental Ensembles

Violist Hillary Herndon and UT Symphony To Perform Forsyth Concerto

Outside of viola players and, possibly, music theory and orchestration students, the name Cecil Forsyth does not ring that much of a bell. Forsyth was born in Greenwich, England, in 1870 and studied at the University of Edinburgh and later … Continue reading

Comments Off

Filed under Orchestral

Review in Metro Pulse: Knoxville Opera’s ‘Romeo et Juliette’

This week’s issue of Metro Pulse carries my review of Knoxville Opera’s production of Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette that starred Noah Stewart and Zulimar López-Hernández. It is online here.

Comments Off

Filed under In Metro Pulse, Opera

Results: 2012 Met Opera Mid-South Region Winners

The 2012 Metropolitan Opera National Council audition for the Mid-South Region was held on Saturday, February 11 at the Germantown Performing Arts Center outside of Memphis. The 1st place finisher, who will compete in the National Semi-Finals in New York, … Continue reading

Comments Off

Filed under Opera

This Weekend: Knoxville Opera’s ‘Romeo et Juliette’

Knoxville Opera opens its February production this weekend with Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette featuring tenor  Noah Stewart and soprano Zulimar López-Hernández. Also in the cast are Alex Bumpas, Ian Richardson, Jesse Stock, Brent Reilly Turner, Dixie Roberts, Kevin Doherty, Andrew Wentzel, Sarah … Continue reading

Comments Off

Filed under Opera