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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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