LOKC Amplified: March 2025

March is for mariachi in Kansas City! The second half of the 2024–2025 season starts on Friday with Cruzar la Cara de la Luna 🌙 and with our first-ever Lyric Opera Afters, the official Lyric after party. All Friday night ticket holders are invited to celebrate and vibe with the cast and creatives. 🪩 As we move … Read more

Rossini and Beyond: The Opera World After Bel Canto

We are gearing up to present The Barber of Seville at Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and we couldn’t be more excited! Barber is one of the world’s most popular operas, with Gioachino Rossini’s lively and familiar music appearing everywhere from movies to commercials. But surprisingly, operas like Barber from the bel canto (“beautiful singing”) … Read more

“My New Yorks”: Discovering Georgia O’Keeffe

Our first production of the 2024–2025 season is The Brightness of Light by Kevin Puts, which tells the story of the relationship between modern artist Georgia O’Keeffe and gallerist, photographer, and her eventual husband, Alfred Stieglitz. My postgraduate studies were in opera and music history, but I’m sad to say that I wasn’t exposed to … Read more