This week I'm taking a break from discussing the 20th & 21st century operas Marble City Opera has produced to talk about a new opera I conceived of this week...

Bon Appetite by Lee Hobby was composed in 1989 and is a one-woman opera about Julia Child! This would be a fantastic opera to produce as a film out of someon...

Today's look back at 20th century opera that Marble City Opera has produced is a very special one for me, because it is where it all began for MCO. Face on t...

Postcard from Morocco by Dominick Argento was composed in 1971 and is one of my favorite 20th century chamber operas. When I first began my journey of studyi...

To our friends and supporters, I hope this note finds you well amidst the uncertainty and upheaval of Covid-19 and society’s efforts to cope with it. It’s at...

Welcome back! Today I'm going to write about two operas composed in 1959 and 1960 respectively. Hand of Bridge by Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti, and ...

Today's opera on our journey of 20th and 21st century opera discoveries is Gallantry by Douglas Moore composed in 1958! This work is a parody of a soap-opera...

Back again to look at 20th and 21st century operas I have produced, directed, or performed in in the last few years. We have mostly been looking at American ...

Here we are looking back at 20th and 21st century operas I have produced, directed, or performed in in the last few years. In 1952 The Stronger by Hugo Weisg...

Welcome back to my look back at 20th and 21st century operas I have produced, directed, or performed in in the last few years. Today I'm going to talk about ...

I'm looking back at 20th and 21st century operas I have produced, directed, or performed in in the last few years and today's opera that I am going to talk a...

While I studied at UNT College of Music I had the opportunity to work on and perform 20th century opera: "The Postman Always ring Twice" by Stephen Paulus, "...

Tonight is the long awaited night that has been two and a half years nearly three in the making. So much work as gone into this production from all sides; cr...

Tell us a little bit about yourself: Where are you from, where do you live, how did you become a composer? Larry: "I was born in a very small town in the San...

We are so fortunate to have so many talented people in Knoxville, TN. Artists of all kinds; musicians, actors, singers, authors, painters, sculptors, and so ...

Shadowlight is the title of Marble City Opera's upcoming world premiere, opening in Knoxville, TN Feb 28th at the Beck Center! "Art, light, and friendship t...

We're excited to be bringing a children's opera to life as an outreach to children of all ages to Knoxville. This particular production is called "Pinocchio....

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