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Opera in Eight Parts: Making it Happen

September 11, 2023October 15, 2020 by Lyric Opera Staff

by Dr. William Everett MAKING IT HAPPEN The unique challenges of 2020 have made us think up new and affirming projects in the midst of tremendous uncertainties and unknowns. I was honored and delighted to be part of one of these, Opera in Eight Parts, produced under the auspices of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. In planning and … Read more

Opera in Eight Parts: Exotic or Faux-Exotic?

September 11, 2023October 15, 2020 by Lyric Opera Staff

by Dr. Martin Nedbal EXOTIC OR FAUX-EXOTIC? In the series “Opera in Eight Parts,” produced by Lyric Opera of Kansas City, I was asked to discuss nineteenth-century operatic nationalism and exoticism. There are many well-known operas associated with exoticism, the depiction of foreign, often non-Western places by European composers, and even more national works, in … Read more

Opera in Eight Parts: A Deeper Dive into the Baroque

September 13, 2023October 15, 2020 by Lyric Opera Staff

by Dr. Alison DeSimone