The official state theater of Tennessee is a lavish, luxurious 1,000-plus-capacity art deco space with superb sound and sightlines. The 83-year-old theater has hosted legendary performers Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, and David Byrne, as well as acting as the official performing space for Knoxville Opera and most major Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concerts.
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- Knoxville Opera: 'Romeo et Juliette' --
- Knoxville Opera: 'Romeo et Juliette' --
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Mahler's Symphony No. 2 --
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Mahler's Symphony No. 2 --
- Yonder Mountain String Band --
- Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra --
- Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra --
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Very Young People's Concert: Meet the Orchestra: From Our Family to You --
- NEEDTOBREATHE --
- The Tedeschi Trucks Band --
- Royal Winnipeg Ballet: 'Moulin Rouge: The Ballet' --
- The Fresh Beat Band --
- Heritage Hunter Tour: Mastodon and Opeth with Ghost --
- Knoxville Opera: 'Otello' --
- Knoxville Opera: 'Otello' --
- Death Cab for Cutie and the Magik*Magik Orchestra with Youth Lagoon --
- Imagination Movers Live: Rock-O-Matic 2012 --
- Imagination Movers Live: Rock-O-Matic 2012 --
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By the time French composer Charles Gounod embraced Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet for his opera in 1867, composers Hector Berlioz and Vincenzo Bellini had already made their own notable musical settings of the famous tale of star-crossed lovers. Their librettos, though, were not based strictly on Shakespeare’s original, but on various dramatic reworkings of the story that were popular as vehicles for 19th-century actors and actresses. However, ...
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By the time French composer Charles Gounod embraced Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet for his opera in 1867, composers Hector Berlioz and Vincenzo Bellini had already made their own notable musical settings of the famous tale of star-crossed lovers. Their librettos, though, were not based strictly on Shakespeare’s original, but on various dramatic reworkings of the story that were popular as vehicles for 19th-century actors and actresses. However, ...
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How many “progressive bluegrass” bands do you know? Very few, chances are. The genre is a bit of a rarity in the 2000s—still an emerging voice, still figuring out exactly what it is. Colorado-based quartet Yonder Mountain String Band, along with acts like the String Cheese Incident, Railroad Earth, and Nickel Creek, has remained at the forefront of the genre’s emergence. But whereas a band like String Cheese veers toward ...
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