Singles tickets do not go on sale until August 2013, but season subscriptions for the 2013-14 Lyric Opera of Kansas City season are available now. Lyric Opera subscribers save 25% and gain access to reserved subscription seats!

Sung in Italian with English and Italian titles

YOUNG LOVERS, FATE, AND IMPENDING DOOM

The theme of forbidden love is, indeed, timeless, and Verona's doomed lovers have inspired plays, novels and movies, as well as ballets and operas, for centuries.

Based on renaissance legend (rather than Shakespeare's play), a longstanding political feud drives the drama in Bellini's opera, adding a fascinating layer to this bel canto masterpiece. The score's vocal fireworks are tempered by elegant and luminously beautiful duets illustrating Bellini's passionate love affair with the human voice.

A DIVA'S HOMECOMING
After nearly a decade of critically acclaimed performances and Grammy award-winning recordings, Joyce DiDonato returns to Lyric Opera fresh from yet another triumph as Romeo in the San Francisco Opera production of The Capulets and the Montagues.

“DiDonato’s voice is a marvel – tender and expressive in Bellini’s long-breathed melodies, mercurial in the opera’s most intricate passage work – and her ornamentation is focused and flawless.” — Opera News. Kevin Newbury directs and Leonardo Vordoni will conduct members of The Kansas City Symphony.

Singles tickets do not go on sale until August 2013, but season subscriptions for the 2013-14 Lyric Opera of Kansas City season are available now. Lyric Opera subscribers save 25% and gain access to reserved subscription seats!

Sung in English with English and German titles

PREPARE TO BE ENCHANTED

Mozart’s genius is supremely evident in his last opera, The Magic Flute. The deceptively simple fairytale story is matched with some of the most stunningly beautiful music ever written. From the coloratura pyrotechnics of the Queen of the Night’s arias, to the lyrical anguish of Pamina’s “Ach ich fühls,” to the vaudeville-like love duet of Papageno and Papagena, the music illustrates what sets Mozart apart from his many rivals: a unique and profound understanding of humanity.

VISUAL ARTIST CAPTIVATES
With a vibrant, sophisticated use of color and kinetic forms, Jun Kaneko (a renowned ceramicist and visual artist) has created a magical world that, like Mozart’s music, is engaging in its simplicity, but illustrates the depth of the story magnificently. Harry Silverstein direct's this co-production with the San Francisco Opera and Lyric Opera Artistic Director Ward Holmquist will conduct members of The Kansas City Symphony.

Singles tickets do not go on sale until August 2013, but season subscriptions for the 2013-14 Lyric Opera of Kansas City season are available now. Lyric Opera subscribers save 25% and gain access to reserved subscription seats!

Sung in Italian with English and Italian titles

A CHERISHED TALE OF LOVE AND LOSS

Perhaps the most beloved opera of all time, La bohème follows the adventures of a quartet of irrepressible and impoverished young Parisians. When the seamstress Mimì and the poet Rodolfo fall in love, the fragile nature of life and love follow the course of the changing seasons. The tenderly beautiful music, plays in counterpoint to the comic antics of the bohemians, creating an unforgettable and enduring masterpiece.

A STAR RETURNS
Rising star Katie Van Kooten, singing the role of Mimì, returns to the Lyric Opera of Kansas City after her acclaimed performance as The Countess in The Marriage of Figaro. She performed the role of Mimì at Houston Grand Opera and Royal Opera House to much acclaim. “Katie Van Kooten sang with a soprano of richness and warmth, which was a delight to the ears...” — Opera News. Linda Brovsky direct's and Craig Kier will conduct members of The Kansas City Symphony.

Singles tickets do not go on sale until August 2013, but season subscriptions for the 2013-14 Lyric Opera of Kansas City season are available now. Lyric Opera subscribers save 25% and gain access to reserved subscription seats!

Sung in English with English and German titles

MASQUERADES, MISTAKEN IDENTITIES AND A BALL

Johann Strauss’ effervescent operetta satirizes the decadent society of his time. Before serving a short jail sentence for offending the tax collector, Gabriel von Eisenstein stops by Prince Orlofsky’s ball as a last-minute diversion. Eisenstein and his friends are confounded by masked identities while spouses push the limits of fidelity. After hilarious twists and turns, the evening’s indiscretions are ascribed to the effects of too much bubbly champagne.

OPERETTA AT ITS FINEST
This new production will be directed by Tomer Zvulun and will include tenor Gordon Gietz as Alfred, Kelly Kaduce as Rosalinda and tenor Liam Bonner as Eisenstein, whose voice has been described as a "big baritone" by - The Wall Street Journal. Lyric Opera Artistic Director Ward Holmquist will conduct members of The Kansas City Symphony.