LOKC Amplified: October 2024

As the air turns crisp 🍂 and autumn settles in, we’re gearing up for exciting events at Lyric Opera of Kansas City! Next in our lineup is The Barber of Seville ✂️, Rossini’s delightful comedic opera, reimagined with vibrant, Gaudí-inspired visuals 🎨 that will transport you into a world of whimsy and music. This month also brings … Read more

LOKC Amplified: August 2024

The pace around the Lyric Opera offices is picking up, 🏃 and we are gearing up for another tremendous season of opera to start in the following month. 🥳 Single tickets are now on sale; there’s still time to purchase a full-season or flexible subscription package. 🎟️ If you’re still looking for summer activities, don’t … Read more

LOKC Amplified: June 2024

Summer 2024 is officially here in Kansas City! 😎 Even though Lyric Opera’s stages are quiet for the summer, we are busy with events with our friends Orpheus KC and No Divide KC. 📅 There’s still time to secure your seats for the 2024–2025 season before single tickets go on sale. 🎟️ Learn more about … Read more

LOKC Amplified: May 2024

It’s been a beautiful spring so far in Kansas City. 🌞 At the end of spring, the final landmark performances 🎭 of Kansas City’s venerable performing arts organizations will take place. Lyric Opera rounded out its season with Journey to Valhalla, our new compendium of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle. 🗡️ ICYMI, we announced the 2024-2025 season … Read more

My Year of Wagner

There are few careers where you feel inclined to do what you do when you’re away from work. I know pilots will sometimes fly “for fun” in their off time, and athletes probably still have fun playing games with their friends and family. But what about those of us in the trenches at performing arts … Read more

Fun Facts about The Haberdasher Prince

Lyric Opera of Kansas City is thrilled for the world premiere performances of our new family opera The Haberdasher Prince on April 6! Written by composer Rosabella Gregory and librettist Dina Gregory, The Haberdasher Prince is a fairytale and tells the story of a prince with a passion for fashion, a talented village girl, and … Read more

Opera Dives Deep: Romeo and Juliet from Page to Stage

Sidonie Garrett, Executive Artistic Director of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, joined Opera Dives Deep on Monday, March 4, 2024, to engage audiences with topics around Roméo et Juliette. Her presentation, Romeo and Juliet from Page to Stage, went behind the scenes to explore how Shakespeare’s classic story gets told on the big stage. … Read more

Opera Dives Deep: Taming the Barbarian

Dr. Felicia Londré, Curators’ Distinguished Professor Emerita of Theatre History at University of Missouri-Kansas City, joined Opera Dives Deep on Monday, February 26, 2024, to engage audiences with topics around Roméo et Juliette. Her presentation, Taming the Barbarian, explored the history of Shakespeare’s acceptance (or lack thereof) in France with particular attention to Romeo and … Read more

LOKC Amplified: March 2024

It’s finally here: the next production of the 2023-2024 season, Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette! 🥳 This opera has it all: sword fights, large dance numbers, enormous choral numbers, spellbinding soprano arias, and moving duets all wrapped in a tremendous score that defines French grand opera. Don’t miss the return of Kansas City’s own Ben Bliss … Read more

Discovering Opera, Poetry, and Humanity

In 2021, we started a series called Community Conversations to explore the “here and now” implications of our mainstage productions and discover our shared humanity, on and off the stage. Every Community Conversation is different and always held in community spaces in collaboration with partner organizations and individuals. In the last year and a half … Read more