Month: October 2024

The MCR Interview

Nashville Ballet NB2 Director Maria Konrad on Dia de los Muertos

Angelica Trujillo conducts an interview that serves as a wonderful introduction to the new director of Nashville Ballet’s NB2 Troupe, Maria Konrad, as well as a thorough introduction to theRead More

Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Ten years ago I saw Moulin Rouge! for the first time on my friend’s laptop in our college dorm. I enjoyed the film, and when it was announced that theRead More

Cinema in Nashville:

The 2024 International Black Film Festival

The International Black Film Festival (IBFF) held its 19th annual festival this October 2nd-6th. The IBFF is the only African-American established and inspired film festival in the state of Tennessee.Read More

Upcoming: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Circle Players proudly announces its 75 season with the upcoming production of Ntozake Shange’s groundbreaking choreopoem, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf.” This poignant workRead More

from Franklin Light Opera

The Pirates of Penzance

It’s easy on the one hand to write off the dramatic merits of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operettas, especially when they’re compared against much of the rest of the standard operaticRead More

The MCR Interview:

Actress Lisa Arrindell and ‘Jubilee’

Actress Lisa Arrindell speaks with MCR journalist Andrew Davis on Tazwell Thompson’s Opera ‘Jubilee’ premiering at the Seattle Opera this month. They discuss the history of the Jubilee Ensemble andRead More

From Russia to Romania

Balanchine’s Serenade and Vasterling’s Dracula

(Photo: Karyn Photography)
Born with the sound of church bells near his home in Bohemia, Bohuslav Martinů’s music was an effective choice for Paul Vasterling’s Dracula. After all, Martinů was born in centralRead More

Music History in the Music City

How the Fiddle Became the Violin

On Sunday, September 29th, Music City Baroque put on a wonderful historical program mapping the history of violin in folk and art music. Titled “How the Fiddle Became the Violin”Read More

Nashville's 2024–2025 Dance Season:

Come Spin, Swerve, Swivel, and Squirm

Wurm's "Big Disobedience" in Nashville
In 2022-2023 I had a “Wait and See” attitude. From 2022–2023: Before I returned home to Middle Tennessee, I binged ballet in New York and Houston, two American cities withRead More

At the Schermerhorn

Yankovskaya at the Nashville Symphony

Any time that it is a Music Director’s last season you must watch each guest conductor coming through with an eye towards the future. Who will take the helm afterRead More