April showers bring May flowers as we close the 2025-2026 season. 🌷 Thank you for joining us for the journey that was this fabulous season. Before you know it, though, more world-class opera is coming your way with the 2026-2027 season. ✨ We open in September with La bohème, 🕯️ which will open a little … Read more
A note from Kristine McIntyre, director of Lyric Opera’s upcoming production of Of Mice and Men.
A note from Joseph Mechavich, conductor of Lyric Opera’s upcoming production of Of Mice and Men.
Dive deeper into Of Mice and Men with these opportunities to enhance your experience. 🎭
Learn about the cast and creators of Langston Hughes: A Lyrical Life.
Learn more about Lyric Opera’s production of Of Mice and Men, including background on the performers, composer, story, and more!
There are only ten days of winter left, and as the weather warms up, Lyric Opera continues to be as busy as a bumblebee as we continue to bring opera to the Kansas City community. 🐝 Throughout the spring, there are loads of fantastic programming at Lyric Opera. Our new show about Harlem Renaissance writer … Read more
We hope you made it through the deep freeze of January! ☃️ Now that February is here, we are awash in a flurry of activity around our upcoming production of The Gershwins®’ Porgy and Bess. 🎣 We officially kick things off with a special Community Conversation at the Kansas City Library-Plaza Branch 📚 where we’ll explore the context of Porgy and Bess. We are also offering our usual slate of Opera Dives Deep sessions with national and regional scholars 🧠 to provide a framework so you get the most out of your experience, and special to Porgy and Bess, one of these sessions will be between the two weekends of performances. 🗓️ After Porgy closes, check out our new work, Langston Hughes: A Lyrical Life, about the Missouri-native writer. ✒️♥️
A note from Michael Ellis Ingram, conductor of Porgy and Bess.
What communities do you belong to? Why is community important? When Porgy, a kind-hearted man with a disability, meets Bess, a woman with a drug addiction who’s been abandoned by her abusive boyfriend, a pure and beautiful love blossoms. This iconic American opera about life in a fictional Charleston, South Carolina neighborhood, Catfish Row, highlights … Read more
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