Explore the complete performance history of Lyric Opera of Kansas City. This page is your window into decades of operatic excellence, showcasing the enduring cultural legacy of this beloved institution. Join us in reliving the magic of countless performances that have shaped the heart of Kansas City's cultural scene.
| Opera Title | Composer | Years Presented |
|---|---|---|
| The Abduction from the Seraglio | W. A. Mozart | 1958, 1972, 2003, 2019 |
| Aida | Giuseppe Verdi | 1972, 1977, 1992, 2007 |
| Amahl and the Night Visitors | Gian Carlo Menotti | 1992, 1993, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Andrea Chénier | Umberto Giordano | 1962, 1968, 1976, 1998 |
| Ariadne auf Naxos | Richard Strauss | 1966, 1978, 1995 |
| As One | Laura Kaminsky | 2018 |
| The Ballad of Baby Doe | Douglas Moore | 1976, 1982, 1997 |
| The Barber of Seville | Gioachino Rossini | 1959, 1962, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1991, 2000, 2007, 2012, 2018, 2024 |
| La belle Hélène | Jacques Offenbach | 1981 |
| Billy Budd | Benjamin Britten | 1999 |
| La bohème | Giacomo Puccini | 1958, 1961, 1964, 1969, 1975, 1982, 1989, 1996, 2002, 2008, 2014, 2019 |
| The Brightness of Light | Kevin Puts | 2025 |
| Candide | Leonard Bernstein | 1984 |
| Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines | Jack Beeson | 1975 (World Premiere)* |
| The Capulets and the Montagues | Vincenzo Bellini | 2013 |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet | 1959, 1968, 1979, 1989, 1997, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2022 |
| Cavalleria rusticana | Pietro Mascagni | 1961, 1970, 1999, 2023 |
| Christopher Columbus | Jacques Offenbach | 1979 |
| Cinderella | Gioachino Rossini | 1984, 1994, 2004, 2025 |
| Cold Sassy Tree | Carlisle Floyd | 2002 |
| Così fan tutte | W. A. Mozart | 1962, 1984, 1999, 2011, 2019 |
| Coyote Tales | Henry Mollicone | 1998 (World Premiere)* |
| The Crucible | Robert Ward | 1968, 1974, 1986 |
| Cruzar la cara de la luna | José “Pepé” Martínez, Leonard Foglia | 2025 |
| The Daughter of the Regiment | Donizetti | 1988, 2011 |
| Dead Man Walking | Jake Heggie | 2017 |
| The Devil and Daniel Webster | Douglas Moore | 1963, 1995* |
| Don Giovanni | W. A. Mozart | 1960, 1967, 1979, 1988, 1996, 2004, 2010, 2015 |
| Don Pasquale | Gaetano Donizetti | 1960, 1966, 1989, 2002 |
| Down in the Valley | Kurt Weill | 1995 |
| The Elixir of Love | Gaetano Donizetti | 1963, 1968, 1980, 1990, 2003, 2016 |
| The End of the Affair | Jake Heggie | 2007 |
| Eugene Onegin | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 2000, 2017 |
| Everest | Joby Talbott | 2017 |
| Falstaff | Giuseppe Verdi | 1987 |
| Faust | Charles Gounod | 1962, 1966, 1978, 1985, 1996 |
| Fidelio | Ludwig van Beethoven | 1982, 1983 |
| Die Fledermaus | Johann Strauss | 1974, 1988, 1999, 2014 |
| The Flying Dutchman | Richard Wagner | 1973, 1975, 2013 |
| The Force of Destiny | Giuseppe Verdi | 1961 |
| The Free Lance | John Phillips Sousa | 1980 |
| Gianni Schicchi | Giacomo Puccini | 1961, 1964, 1971 |
| The Girl of the Golden West | Giacomo Puccini | 1978 |
| The Goose From Cairo | W. A. Mozart | 1982, 1986 |
| H.M.S. Pinafore | W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan | 1978, 1991, 1997, 2009 |
| The Haberdasher Prince | Rosabella Gregory, Dina Gregory | 2024 (World Premiere), 2025 |
| Hamlet | Ambroise Thomas | 2006 |
| Hansel and Gretel | Engelbert Humperdinck | 1995, 2016 |
| The Happy Time | John Kander | 1983 |
| Iolanthe | W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan | 1979 |
| The Italian Girl in Algiers | Gioachino Rossini | 1981, 1998, 2014 |
| John Brown | Kirke Mechem | 2008 (World Premiere) |
| The Journey to Valhalla | Richard Wagner, arr. Michael Christie | 2024 |
| The Juliet Letters | Elvis Costello | 2017 |
| Julius Ceasar | G. F. Handel | 2008 |
| Die Kluge | Carl Orff | 1971, 1978 |
| Listen, Wilhelmina! | David Hanlon | 2023 |
| Lucia di Lammermoor | Gaetano Donizetti | 1981, 1991, 2006, 2020 |
| Macbeth | Giuseppe Verdi | 2000 |
| Madame Butterfly | Giacomo Puccini | 1960, 1965, 1971, 1980, 1987, 1993, 2000, 2006, 2012, 2018, 2025 |
| The Magic Flute | W. A. Mozart | 1974, 1993, 2001, 2008, 2013 |
| Man of La Mancha | Dale Wasserman, Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion | 1989 |
| Manon | Jules Massenet | 1981 |
| The Marriage of Figaro | W. A. Mozart | 1961, 1964, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1987, 1996, 2005, 2011, 2016 |
| Martha | Jules Massenet | 1981 |
| A Masked Ball | Giuseppe Verdi | 1967, 1985, 2005 |
| Maya and the Magic Ring | Lori Laitman, Dana Gioia | 2025 (World Premiere) |
| The Medium | Gian Carlo Menotti | 1963, 1964, 1978 |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | Otto Nicolai | 1963, 1992 |
| The Merry Widow | Franz Lehár | 1982, 1993, 2006 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Benjamin Britten | 2004 |
| The Mighty Casey | William Schuman | 1994 |
| The Mikado | W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan | 1977, 1985, 1992, 2001, 2013 |
| The Most Happy Fella | Frank Loesser | 1983 |
| A Hand of Bridge | Samuel Barber | 2018 |
| The Mother of Us All | Virgil Thomson | 1983 |
| Nixon in China | John Adams | 2012 |
| Norma | Vincenzo Bellini | 2010 |
| Of Mice and Men | Carlisle Floyd | 1970, 2004 |
| Old Maid and the Thief | Gian Carlo Menotti | 2018 |
| Othello | Giuseppe Verdi | 1958, 1963, 1970, 1994 |
| I Pagliacci | Ruggero Leoncavallo | 1958, 1970, 1999, 2023 |
| The Pearl Fishers | Georges Bizet | 2007, 2019 |
| Penelope | Sarah Kirkland Snider | 2019 |
| La Périchole | Jacques Offenbach | 1973, 1975, 1983 |
| The Pirates of Penzance | W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan | 1976, 1987, 1995, 2009, 2017 |
| Porgy and Bess | George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin | 2026 |
| The Rake's Progress | Igor Stravinsky | 2001 |
| Regina | Marc Blitzstein | 1981, 1989 |
| The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs | Mason Bates | 2022 |
| Rigoletto | Giuseppe Verdi | 1959, 1964, 1969, 1982, 1990, 2003, 2010, 2018 |
| Roméo et Juliette | Charles Gounod | 1994, 2003, 2024 |
| Der Rosenkavalier | Richard Strauss | 1987 |
| Rusalka | Antonín Dvořák | 2015 |
| The Saint of Bleecker Street | Gian Carlo Menotti | 1972, 1994 |
| Salome | Richard Strauss | 2002 |
| Samson and Delilah | Camille Saint-Saëns | 1990 |
| La serva padrona | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | 1958 |
| The Shining | Paul Moravec | 2023^ |
| Siegfried | Richard Wagner | 1992 |
| Silent Night | Kevin Puts | 2015 |
| Sketchbook for Ollie | Rachel J. Peters | 2023 (World Premiere), 2024 |
| Sondheim on Sondheim | James Lapine | 2023 |
| The Sound of Music | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | 2023 |
| Susannah | Carlisle Floyd | 1977, 1991 |
| Sweeney Todd | Stephen Sondheim | 1985 |
| The Sweet Bye and Bye | Jack Beeson | 1973* |
| The Tales of Hoffmann | Jacques Offenbach | 1965, 1969, 1977, 1990 |
| The Taming of the Shrew | Vittorio Giannini | 1969*, 1971 |
| Tannhäuser | Richard Wagner | 1988 |
| The Tempest | Lee Hoiby | 1988 |
| The Threepenny Opera | Kurt Weill | 1986 |
| Tosca | Giacomo Puccini | 1959, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1986, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2015, 2022 |
| Transformations | Conrad Susa | 1974 |
| La traviata | Giuseppe Verdi | 1960, 1965, 1974, 1976, 1984, 1998, 2009, 2014, 2022 |
| Il Trovatore | Giuseppe Verdi | 1966, 1983, 2012 |
| Turandot | Giacomo Puccini | 1985, 2011, 2025 |
| The Turn of the Screw | Benjamin Britten | 2005 |
| Die Walküre | Richard Wagner | 1991 |
| Vanessa | Samuel Barber | 1963, 1965, 1979, 1997 |
| West Side Story | Leonard Bernstein | 2018 |
| …When There Are Nine | Laura Karpman | 2020 |
| Where the Wild Things Are | Oliver Knussen, Maurice Sendak | 1986 |
| The Yeomen of the Guard | W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan | 1963, 1972, 1990 |
* Audio recording produced
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