Frank Murphy interviews Kathryn Frady, Executive Artistic Director of Marble City Opera, Knoxville's chamber opera company, with the goal of bringing American chamber opera and innovative performances of traditional operas to new audiences. Learn more about Kathryn and her upcoming schedule at https://www.kathrynfrady.com/ 

Kathryn Frady will direct Marble City Opera's production of Josephine by Tom Cipullo at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 30, 2026 at the Historic Grove Theatre in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Josephine is a one-woman opera about the legendary entertainer Josephine Baker, set in the final years of her life. Tickets and information are available at https://www.marblecityopera.com/josephine 

Marble City Opera presents Opera in the Park at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, 2026 at Lakeshore Park's Marble Hall in Knoxville, Tennessee. Admission to the concert is free. Sponsorship information is available at https://www.marblecityopera.com/operainthepark 

Kathryn Frady with direct and star in Marble City Opera's production of The Tragedy of Carmen, adapted from Carmen by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Marius Constant, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 18 and Saturday, June 20, 2026 at the Historic Grove Theatre in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Tragedy of Carmen distills Georges Bizet’s opera into a taut, psychologically driven 90-minute chamber work featuring many of the opera’s most beloved musical moments. Tickets and information are available at https://www.marblecityopera.com/tragedyofcarmen 

Frank Murphy interviews Kathryn Frady, Executive Artistic Director of Marble City Opera, Knoxville's chamber opera company, with the goal of bringing American chamber opera and innovative performances of traditional operas to new audiences. Learn more about Kathryn and her upcoming schedule at <a href="https://www.kathrynfrady.com/">https://www.kathrynfrady.com/</a>&nbsp;
Kathryn Frady will direct Marble City Opera's production of&nbsp;Josephine by Tom Cipullo at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 30, 2026 at the Historic Grove Theatre in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Josephine is a one-woman opera about the legendary entertainer Josephine Baker, set in the final years of her life. Tickets and information are available at <a href="https://www.marblecityopera.com/josephine">https://www.marblecityopera.com/josephine</a>&nbsp;
Marble City Opera presents Opera in the Park at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, 2026 at Lakeshore Park's Marble Hall in Knoxville, Tennessee. Admission to the concert is free. Sponsorship information is available at <a href="https://www.marblecityopera.com/operainthepark">https://www.marblecityopera.com/operainthepark</a>&nbsp;
Kathryn Frady with direct and star in Marble City Opera's production of The Tragedy of Carmen, adapted from Carmen by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carri&egrave;re, and Marius Constant, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 18 and Saturday, June 20, 2026 at the Historic Grove Theatre in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Tragedy of Carmen distills Georges Bizet&rsquo;s opera into a taut, psychologically driven 90-minute chamber work featuring many of the opera&rsquo;s most beloved musical moments.&nbsp;Tickets and information are available at <a href="https://www.marblecityopera.com/tragedyofcarmen">https://www.marblecityopera.com/tragedyofcarmen</a>&nbsp;

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