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Marble City Opera presents three nights of outdoor operatic entertainment

Melony Dodson talks with soprano, Kathryn Frady and tenor, Edward Brennan. Frady and Brennan are the leads in Marble City Opera's upcoming production of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. Performances are in Oak Ridge at A.K. Bissell Park on Thursday, June 5th and Saturday, June 7th.

Marble City Opera (MCO) has several opportunities coming up to hear some live performances. On Thursday, June 5th and Saturday, June 7th, performances of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci will be presented in Oak Ridge at A.K. Bissell Park and on Saturday, June 6th, Marble City Opera's inaugural Opera in the Park concert will take place in Marble Hall at Lakeshore Park in Knoxville. Admission for Opera in the Park is free. Food trucks will be available at all performances, making for a wonderful family-friendly experience (be sure to bring your own lawn chairs or blankets!). Opera fans can vote for specific arias to be sung at Opera in the Park by donating at https://givebutter.com/c/operainthepark/auction Marble City Opera is a non-profit organization highly dependent on sponsorships and donations. Learn more about how possible funding cuts would impact MCO in this interview with Executive and Artistic Director, Kathryn Frady, and tenor, Edward Brennan.

Tickets for Pagliacci are available at https://www.marblecityopera.com/tickets

Melony calls the beautiful mountains of Boone, N.C., home, although she was born near Greensboro, N.C. There’s just something about those Blue Ridge Mountains that got in her blood and never left after she moved there to attend Appalachian State University (ASU). While at ASU, she majored in piano performance and music therapy and began to cultivate a love for accompanying and for collaborating with other musicians. This soon led her to earn a master’s degree in collaborative piano at the University of Tennessee, which she attended from 2006-2008.