IN FOCUS: La Boheme a Symphony & Choral Spectacular
02.23.2006
The Symphony of the Mountains presented Acts II and III and segments from Acts I and IV of La Boheme Sunday, Feb. 19 in the Grand Hall of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon. The opera was sung in Italian by soloists and regional choruses. RIGHT: Kayleigh Fowler, the soprano in the Knoxville Opera Company who sang Musetta in "La Boheme," visits with third grader Ellen Duncan, a member of the East Tennessee Children's Choir.
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Zachary Poholek, the Knoxville Opera Company bass who sang Colline in "La Boheme," signs autographs for his adoring and adorable fans, Matthew Gardner and Gretchen Gross, members of the East Tennessee Children's Choir.
From left, conducting the performance was Cornelia Kodkani Laemmli, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's Associate Conductor; Dr. Patrick W. Flannagan, director of Voices of the Mountains, and Beth McCoy, director of the East Tennessee Children's Choir.
