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
by Neal Long, Director of Learning On Monday, April 29, 2024, I attended an Opera Dives Deep presentation by Dr. Ron Witzke entitled “Monuments of Tone and Stone.” Dr. Witzke—a bass-baritone, professor, and librettist—is a close friend of Lyric Opera of Kansas City and regularly appears on stage in productions at the Kauffman Center for … Read more
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
ATTENTION: This post contains minor spoilers. In the enchanting tale of The Haberdasher Prince, friendship emerges as a guiding force, leading our principal characters–the Village Girl, King Hamluk, the Queen, and Prince Panderbash–on a journey to connection and companionship. Here is what The Haberdasher Prince can teach us about being a true friend. Trust Surrounded … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
February is here, and we hope you fared well during the deep freeze 🥶 of January 2024! It may still be winter but Lyric Opera stages will soon be heating up! 🔥 We are just weeks away from opening Roméo et Juliette, 🎊 starring Kansas City’s own Ben Bliss as Roméo, and Andriana Chuchman, making … Read more
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