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Marble City Opera Presents "The Stronger" by Hugo Weisgall

"Dinner and a movie" is a popular date-night option, but what about "dinner and an opera?" The opportunity doesn't present itself all too often, but this Thursday and Friday nights, Knoxvillians have the chance to enjoy a delicious dinner provided by Holly's Gourmets Market and an opera, performed by Marble City Opera. The opera d'jour is Hugo Weisgall's one-act chamber opera, "The Stronger," which features one woman's (Estelle, sung by Julia Metry) extended and emotional monologue about her marriage, life, and general happiness to her silent and reactionless friend, Lisa (potrayed by Denisha Miller). Only...her "friend" is also her husband's lover.

Performances are Thursday and Friday, May 18 and 19 at 8pm, but dinner is served at 6:30pm. Holly's Gourmets Market is located at 5107 Kingston Pike in Knoxville. More information is available at www.marblecityopera.com

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.