Lyric Opera Kansas City

Address:

1725 Holmes St.
Kansas City, MO 64108
USA

Lyric Opera of Kansas City is one of the nation's premier regional opera companies, and is celebrating its 55th season having performed 99 different productions (31 of which are American operas and three are world premieres). The current season consists of four operas performed in September, November, March, and April in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Lyric Opera produces an eclectic repertoire, and offers one production of an American or contemporary opera most seasons. In the fall of 1998, the Company began performing operas in the original language, a tradition which continues today with all operas being performed in the original language with English subtitles.

The Lyric Opera offers innovative programs designed to further music and arts education both in schools and in the community. The education staff works directly with teachers, parents and young people in a collaborative effort to create award-winning programs such as Opera Heroines and Opera Heroes. Other innovative programs include Head Start With Opera, Star Tech Apprentice Program, Opera For Captive Audiences and Summer Opera Camp. In 2012 the Lyric Opera jointly commissioned the World Premiere of The Giver with Minnesota Opera in celebration of the Lyric Opera Education department's 25th anniversary. Other commissioned works include Joshua's Boots, Never Lost a Passenger: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad and Somebody's Children. During the 2000-2001 season, under the guidance of the Lyric Opera, Kansas City became one of six regions participating in the Metropolitan Opera's Texaco Quiz Kids, an educational program in quiz format for schools.

When the Lyric Opera began in 1958 it had a very modest budget of $34,000. Today, the Company has a budget of $5,100,000 and in 2007 purchased three buildings in Kansas City's East Crossroads neighborhood, to become new production, office and rehearsal space. The Company moved it's performances to the state-of-the-art Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts during the Lyric's 2011-2012 season.

2013 - 14 Season
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September 21, 2013 | show time - 7:30 | The Capulets & the Montagues
September 25, 2013 | show time - 7:30 | The Capulets & the Montagues
September 27, 2013 | show time - 7:30 | The Capulets & the Montagues
September 29, 2013 | show time - 2:00 | The Capulets & the Montagues

November 09, 2013 | show time - 7:30 | The Magic Flute
November 13, 2013 | show time - 7:30 | The Magic Flute
November 15, 2013 | show time - 7:30 | The Magic Flute
November 17, 2013 | show time - 2:00 | The Magic Flute

March 15, 2014 | show time - 7:30 | La bohème
March 19, 2014 | show time - 7:30 | La bohème
March 21, 2014 | show time - 7:30 | La bohème
March 23, 2014 | show time - 2:00 | La bohème

April 26, 2014 | show time - 7:30 | Die Fledermaus
April 30, 2014 | show time - 7:30 | Die Fledermaus
May 02, 2014 | show time - 7:30 | Die Fledermaus
May 04, 2014 | show time - 2:00 | Die Fledermaus