Tag: Nashville Opera

from the Nashville Opera

Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore

“We sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ship’s a beauty; We’re sober men and true, and attentive to our duty!” This boisterous opening chorus immediately set the tone forRead More

The Ties that Bind:

Bizet’s Carmen at the Nashville Opera

Bernardo Medeiros (Zuniga), Sara Crigger (Mercedes), Marina Costa-Jackson (Carmen), and Dee Donasco (Frasquita) in "Les tringles des sistres tintaient"
The lights in the theatre dim and the chattering crowd is suddenly silent, drinks with condensation dripping off them clutched tightly as the orchestra, one behemoth of magical sound, beginsRead More

The MCR Interview

Interview with Kathryn Lewek

In celebration of the approaching production of Carmen at Nashville Opera, Music City Review Journalist Sarah Featherston had the chance to sit down with Soprano Kathryn Lewek and chat aboutRead More

de la ópera de nashville

La ópera necesitaba a Florencia y el realismo mágico necesitaba una ópera 

(English Version here: https://wp.me/pabEmc-2Ic) —¡Hace años que esperábamos este momento! Una llave de plata: la voz luminosa de Florencia Grimaldi reabrirá la cerradura dormida del teatro – Anunciaba un hombreRead More

From the Nashville Opera

The opera needed Florencia, and magical realism needed an opera 

(versión en español aquí: https://wp.me/pabEmc-2Ib) — For years we have waited for this moment! A silver key: Florencia Grimaldi’s dazzling voice will reopen the theater’s dormant lock – announced aRead More

A Tragic Ambush at the Noah Liff:

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

As far back as the antiquity of Plato, Western culture has sought a rational explanation for the power that music has over us. As a rational pursuit this is pureRead More

Voices Behind the Gauze: Nashville Opera’s The Medium

You really feel the passion when Nashville Opera’s Artistic Director, John Hoomes, pleads the case for the operas of Gian Carlo Menotti. In his program note for the Nashville Opera’sRead More

At TPAC's Jackson Hall

Nashville Opera’s Remarkable La Bohème

On September 22 and 24 Nashville Opera opened its 2022-2023 season with a remarkable production of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème. Puccini’s opera is a deeply tragic work and a centerpieceRead More

From Nashville Opera

Rigoletto Noir…Finally!

Over the weekend, Nashville Opera finally managed to pull off their long-awaited Rigoletto Noir, complete with a three-minute, film-noir-inspired cinematic short created by Nashville natives Chris Hollo and Mark MosrieRead More

Nashville Opera

Cinderella on the Beach at the Cumberland

On Saturday, June 12, at the Ascend Amphitheater, as the sun set along the shores of the mighty Cumberland River, Nashville Opera held a beach party. With a completely originalRead More