For Schools

Our education programs invite students and teachers to engage with opera in classrooms and community spaces.

Registration for the 2025–2026 school year will open August 1. Email Manager of School Programs Emily Bridges at ebridges@kcopera.org if you have any questions or for more information.

The Haberdasher Prince

Grades 3–5: a touring opera for elementary schools

Langston Hughes: A Lyrical Life

Grades 6–12: a touring production for secondary schools

Student Dress Rehearsals

Grades 5–college: school groups attend the final dress rehearsal of our operas at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Residency Courses

Grades K–college: customizable to school needs and varying timelines

Maya and the Magic Ring

Grades K-5: attend performances of this new opera for children at the Midwest Trust Center

Season Sponsors

With public support from the State of Missouri and the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.

This project is supported, in part, by the City of Kansas City, Missouri Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund.
This production is made possible, in part, by generous support from The Sunderland Foundation.

K-12 education program support is provided, in part, by the Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City Foundation – Hearst Fund, and the Louis and Frances Swinken Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Community Foundation.”