The Shining

Friday Fanfare will return for Lyric Opera’s 2020-21 season! Please check back for availability after September 1.
Select the $159 Classic package that includes good seats, or the $259 Deluxe package that includes better seats.

Both Classic and Deluxe packages include:

• a pre-opera 3-course meal for two at one of our restaurant partners
• parking in the Kauffman Center garage (for one vehicle)
• ticketing fees.

Purchase your preferred package, make your dinner reservations, and you’re all set. It’s a great value, so quantities are limited. Advance purchase only; we recommend at least 10 days in advance.

Jack Torrance – Edward Parks
Baritone Edward Parks returns to Lyric Opera, last seen here as Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro (2016). Recent appearances include Steve Jobs in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at Santa Fe Opera; Audebert in Silent Night and Marcello in La bohème at Minnesota Opera; Valentin in Faust with Lyric Opera of Chicago and Portland Opera; Escamillo in Carmen and Mercutio in Romeo et Juliette at Atlanta Opera; Belcore in The Elixir of Love with Opera de Oviedo; W.P. Inman in Cold Mountain at North Carolina Opera; Ford in Falstaff at Des Moines Metro Opera; and Laurent in Thérèse Raquin at Chicago Opera Theatre.

Wendy Torrance – Kelly Kaduce
Soprano Kelly Kaduce returns to Lyric Opera for The Shining; she was most recently seen here as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus (2014). Recent engagements include Wendy Torrance in The Shining at Minnesota Opera; Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with Santa Fe Opera and Florida Grand Opera; Blanche in Dialogues of the Carmelites at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; the title role in Tosca with Houston Grand Opera and Michigan Opera Theatre; Desdemona in Otello with Kentucky Opera; Alice Ford in Falstaff at Des Moines Metro Opera; Giorgetta in Il tabarro with Bard Music Festival, Nedda in Pagliacci with Virginia Opera, and Liù in Turandot with Atlanta Opera.

Danny Torrance – Benjamin Stoker *
Benjamin Stoker debuts at Lyric Opera in The Shining. Recent engagements include Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol and Buster in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Ben studies piano and music theory at the UMKC Community Music and Dance Academy, where he is the recipient of the H. Lynn and Emily White Scholarship in Pre-Collegiate Music Performance. In 2019, Ben won first place in the Elementary Division of University of Missouri’s Creating Original Music Project competition and first place in Division I of the Ovation Young Artists Piano Competition.

Dick Halloran – Aubrey Allicock *
Bass-Baritone Aubrey Allicock makes his Lyric Opera debut in The Shining. Allicock’s current season also includes performing as Argante in Rinaldo at Glyndebourne Festival and Young Emile in Champion at Michigan Opera Theater. Past engagements include the title role in The Marriage of Figaro at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Saltzburger Landestheater, and Michigan Opera Theater; John Henry in We Shall Not Be Moved at Opera Philadelphia and Dutch National Opera; General Groves in Doctor Atomic with BBC Symphony Orchestra and on Nonesuch Records; a debut with Los Angeles Philharmonic; a debut with Concertgebouw Amsterdam in El Niño; and his Metropolitan Opera debut as Mamoud in The Death of Klinghoffer.

Mark Torrance – Malcolm MacKenzie *
Baritone Malcolm MacKenzie debuts at Lyric Opera in The Shining. MacKenzie has been heard at leading opera houses throughout the U.S. and Europe, including The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Paris Opera, Savonlinna Festival, Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, San Diego Opera, and Arizona Opera. Recent highlights include Stubb in Moby-Dick with both Los Angeles Opera and Pittsburgh Opera; Germont in La traviata and Roger Chillingworth in The Scarlet Letter with Colorado Opera; Rigoletto with North Carolina Opera; the title role in Simon Boccanegra with Kentucky Opera; Scarpia in Opera Omaha’s Tosca; and a return to The Metropolitan Opera as Dancaïro in Carmen.

Lloyd the Bartender – Roger Honeywell *
Tenor Roger Honeywell debuts with Lyric Opera in The Shining. Recent appearances include a return to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for his debut as Prince Shuisky in Boris Godunov; he also returned to Canadian Opera Company for the world premiere of Rufus Wainwright’s Hadrian, and debuted the role of Loge in Das Rheingold with Opéra de Montréal. Other recent appearances include Captain Ahab in Moby-Dick at Utah Opera and Pittsburgh Opera; Dick Johnson in La fanciulla del West with Virginia Opera; Veasey in Cold Mountain at North Carolina Opera; Cavaradossi in Tosca with Florida Grand Opera and Portland Opera.

Delbert Grady – Joseph Leppek +
Tenor Joseph Leppek is a 2019-20 Resident Artist, also slated to perform as Pedrillo in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor, and in the Explorations programs. Recent appearances for Lyric Opera include Glad Hand in West Side Story as well as High Fidelity Opera and Mack the Knife is the Man I Love. He has also appeared as Tony in West Side Story with The Glimmerglass Festival; Mr. Martini in It’s a Wonderful Life at Houston Grand Opera; Giachomo de Wisants in The Siege of Calais at The Glimmerglass Festival; and The Priest in Il Postino with Opera Saratoga.

Mrs. Massey – Kelly Birch @
Kelly Birch returns to Lyric Opera after performing as a Resident Artist for the 2018-19 season. Recent appearances include Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music and Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro at Aspen Music Festival. For Lyric Opera, she appeared as Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly; Miss Todd in The Old Maid and the Thief and Sally in A Hand of Bridge (both part of High Fidelity Opera); she was also seen in the title role of L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, Mrs. Jones in Street Scene, and Alto Soloist in Beethoven’s Mass in C Major at Opera Varna (Bulgaria); and Rosmira in Partenope with OperaNEO.

Mrs. Grady – Morgan Balfour +
Soprano Morgan Balfour is a 2019-20 Resident Artist, and will also appear in both Explorations programs. Balfour holds a Bachelor’s degree from Queensland Conservatory and a Master’s degree from San Francisco Conservatory, where she performed as Young Alyce in Glory Denied, the title role in Rodelinda, Governess in The Turn of the Screw, and Meleagro in Atalanta. Recent engagements include Voice of the Dawn in La Rondine with Pocket Opera, Cephise in Pigmalion with Pinchgut Opera, Honour in King Arthur at the Brisbane Baroque Festival, and Pamina in The Magic Flute with Hawaii Performing Arts Festival.

Horace Derwent – Schyler Vargas
Baritone Schyler Vargas returns to Lyric Opera in The Shining, most recently seen here as Diesel in West Side Story. Recent credits include Marchese d’Obigny in La traviata and Frank Schultz in Show Boat with The Glimmerglass Festival; Samuel in Pirates of Penzance with Dayton Opera and Diesel in West Side Story with Atlanta Opera. He has been a Young Artist with The Glimmerglass Festival in 2018 and 2019 and is an alumnus of Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artist Vocal Academy. Other roles include Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, and Maximillian in Candide.

The Senator – Seungyun Kim +
Baritone Seungyun Kim is a 2019-20 Resident Artist, and will also appear in both Explorations programs. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Seoul National University, and a Graduate Diploma from New England Conservatory, where he performed the title roles in The Marriage of Figaro and Gianni Schicchi and Speaker in The Magic Flute. Other roles include the title role in Don Pasquale, Colline in La bohème, Leporello in Don Giovanni, and Sacristan in Tosca. In Summer 2018, Kim was a voice fellow at Music Academy of the West; he was a 2019 Apprentice Artist at Santa Fe Opera.

Grady Girl – Holly Ladage
Holly Ladage returns to Lyric Opera, last seen here in the children’s chorus of La bohème; she has also appeared in the chorus in Landlocked Opera’s productions of Beatrice and Benedict and Trial by Jury. Holly is a Kansas City native and has training in voice, piano, harp, and ukelele. She has earned scholarships and awards, including first place in the Musical Theatre Division of NATS and second place in Classical NATS. Holly is a student of Music/Arts Institute in Independence, MO where she studies voice with Christina Casey Ray.

Grady Girl – Olivia LaFollette
Olivia LaFollette made her Lyric Opera debut in the children’s chorus of La bohème. She has enjoyed performing in school and church musical productions for years. In addition to singing, she enjoys traveling and reading books. She is a student at Académie Lafayette in Kansas City.

* Lyric Opera Debut
+ LOKC Resident Artist
~ LOKC Apprentice Artist
@ Former LOKC Resident Artist

Soprano
Melissa L. Faltermeier
Adriana Fernandez *
Kathryn Long
Kristin Newbegin
Elleka Okerstrom
Kelli Van Meter ~

Mezzo-Soprano
Kelly Birch @
Ashley Beth Burnett
Christina Casey
Mindy Guidroz
Katherine Menke
Mackenzie Phillips

Bass-Baritone
Seungyun Kim +
Josh Markley
Terence Murphy
Robert H. Riordan ~
Matthew Scrivner
Nathan Whitson

* Lyric Opera Debut
+ LOKC Resident Artist
~ LOKC Apprentice Artist
@ Former LOKC Resident Artist
^ Former LOKC Apprentice Artist

Conductor Gerard Schwarz *
Director Eric Simonson
Set Designer Erhard Rom for Minnesota Opera
Costume Designer Kärin Kopischke
Lighting Designer Robert Wierzel
Wig & Makeup Designer David Zimmerman
Projection Designer 59 Productions
Dance Choreographer Logan Pachciarz
Assistant Director David Radamés Toro
Chorus Master Piotr Wisniewski
Child Coordinator Nicki Kearney
Music Librarian Elena Lence-Talley
Props Master Shawnna Journagan
Costume Coordinator Mary Traylor
Assistant Costume Coordinator Nancy Robinson
Wig and Make-up Assistant Meredith Keister
Wig and Make-up Crew Colin Fiore, Katie Wasicko
Assistant Lighting Designer Mario Raymond
Figaro Simultext System Operator Sarah Zsohar
Stage Manager Karl Anderson
Assistant Stage Managers Alayna Powell, Alec Rigdon
Head Scenic Artist Gen Goering
Head Carpenter Melvin McClenahan
Head Propsman Stephen Cochran
Head Electrician Artimio Wilson
Head Flyman James Vinzant
Head Sound Engineer Phil Rebel
Wardrobe Supervisor Jan Toombs
Wardrobe Assistant Desiree Baird Story

* Lyric Opera Debut