Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Can you believe there are only two months left in 2025? 🗓️ Neither can we! November brings cooler weather 🍂 and opportunities to connect with friends and family. 💞 But most importantly, it brings the second production of Lyric Opera’s 2025–2026 season and the return of one of the most popular operas of all time, … Read more

We are officially one quarter of the way through the Lyric Opera 2025–2026 season. 🗓️ Cinderella was such a fun and effervescent way to start the season, thank you for joining us! If you couldn’t make it, check out our gallery page 📸 to view clips of the show, photography, and other content from our … Read more

And so it begins… our happy return to FOUR full opera productions at the Kauffman Center! 🥳 Before we get started on our monumental lineup of operas, we have various fun, engaging, and often free or low-cost ways to engage with Lyric Opera. 🎨 First, we’ll host a Community Conversation with FireTale Productions, highlighting the … Read more

It’s August, and we’re in the final stretch of preparations. 🛠️ Rehearsals start this month as we embark on our return to FOUR full productions at the Kauffman Center. 🪩 Alongside our operas this fall, we’ve curated community and learning events to further your appreciation of our wonderful season. Learn more below about those events … Read more

In 2021, Lyric Opera of Kansas City embarked on a strategic journey, driven by several questions, including: How can we be of service to our community? Who will be in the audience in 2050? These questions led us to make a significant investment in robust education and community engagement programs. Our vision was clear: to … Read more

The 2024–25 season was a landmark year for Lyric Opera of Kansas City! We traveled through timeless tales of love, outrageous comedy, and the wonder of true magic. As the final curtain falls, take a moment to relive your favorite moments from this unforgettable season. The Shows This season, we told stories of all kinds! … Read more

The action never stops at Lyric Opera of Kansas City. 🏃‍➡️ We are busy putting the finishing touches on our return to four full opera experiences for the 2025–26 season. 🥳 There is still time to subscribe and commit to outstanding opera in our community. Consider subscribing today! 🎟️ Even though our final performances were … Read more

Turandot was a fantastic experience and an excellent way to end our season! 🥂 The 2024–2025 season had it all: a poignant and complex story in The Brightness of Light 🎨, which featured our good friends ⭐ Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry ⭐; zany hilarity and hijinks with the infectious music of Rossini in The … Read more

And there you go, folks. Spring is here in Kansas City 🌷, and the final thrust of the season is upon us. There is so much exciting activity at Lyric Opera this spring: the annual Lyric Opera Ball 🥂, the community tour of Maya and the Magic Ring 🦄, and the fabulously epic ending of … Read more