More The Mikado Media Coverage

The Mikado photo by Cory Weaver for Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre

The Lyric Opera production of The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan opens at the Kauffman Center on Saturday and this past Sunday The Kansas City Star featured a preview article about the new production.  If you missed the article, click the headline below to learn more about this hilarious operetta.

Patrick Neas for The Kansas City Star
Lyric Opera launches the wacky, absurd ‘Mikado’

For more information about the Lyric Opera production of The Mikado, click here.

Madama Butterfly Media Coverage

Madama Butterfly and the 2012-13 season open on Saturday and over the past week there have been all sorts of media and blog coverage about the Company’s production of Puccini’s classic.  Click on the headlines below to read the various articles or posts and don’t forget to check the Lyric Opera Blog tomorrow for a special video interview with Elizabeth Caballaro, who will be making her role debut as Cio-Cio-San.

Paul Horsley in The Independent
Lyric Opera Opens Second Kauffman Center Season

Robert Trussell in The Kansas City Star
Madama Butterfly soprano came to the US from Cuba as a child

Patrick Neas in The Kansas City Star
Classical Beat: Madama Butterfly

Crew Mantle at commandopera.com
The Dinyar Vania Interview
Madama Butterfly in Kansas City

To learn more about the Lyric Opera production of Madama Butterfly, click here.

The Barber of Seville Media Coverage

The Company’s production of The Barber of Seville opens this Saturday, which means there has been some press previewing and discussing the production.  Read the different news articles for The Barber of Seville below:

The Classical Beat with Patrick Neas in The Kansas City Star
‘Barber’ is the height of light, loony opera

Paul Horsley with The Independent
SHAVE AND A BIG LAUGH: Lyric closes season with classic Rossini opera
(you may need to scroll down to find the article)

The Barber of Seville press release

(this post will be updated as more articles become available)

Some of the Best of 2010

Photographer: Karen Almond

In case you didn’t notice, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City was featured in a couple of year-end “Best Of” lists.  We are honored and exited that the Lyric Opera is seen as a great example of the arts in Kansas City.  With the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts opening in September of THIS YEAR, the continued work on our Opera Center complex, and continued support from our patrons, we know that we can do even better in 2011.

Read what was said about the Lyric Opera:

The Independent:
Paul Horsley picked as his Big Twelve of 2010.

The Kansas City Star:
Patrick Neas recognized as the year’s high notes.